{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68b/1907-10-31/p010","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Let us consider this conclusion in its simplest, logical, sober form: the perfect has arisen from the imperfect. By making a comparison, we can make this conclusion clear to ourselves and then ask ourselves whether it is possible. Let us assume that we see two people next to each other, one with a genius for hard work, who has developed great diligence in life and has achieved something respectable. If we take another person next to him, we see a different person who has few abilities, who was also lazy and lethargic and has achieved nothing of note. Now we hear that these two are related. How they are related is something we should think about first, because that is the question in relation to the so-called developmental problem. When we look at the beings around us, we see that humans, with their various organs, are similar to lower forms of life, so-called imperfect ones. We see that humans have a slightly different structure, but basically the same bones as lower creatures. We could cite numerous other reasons that could lead us to the conclusion that we must assume a relationship. But what this relationship is like has not been established by facts, but inferred. No one should entertain the belief that the origin of the higher from the lower has been established; it has been inferred.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"32. 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Durch einen Vergleich [können wir uns] diesen Schluss klar machen und uns dann fragen, ob er möglich ist. Nehmen wir an, wir sehen zwei Menschen nebeneinander, einen mit genialen Anlagen, der großen Fleiß entwickelt hat im Leben, der es zu etwas Ordentlichem gebracht hat. Nehmen wir einen anderen neben ihm, sehen wir einen anderen Menschen, der geringe Fähigkeit hat, der auch faul und träge war und es zu nichts Ordentlichem gebracht hat. Nun hören wir, dass diese beiden miteinander verwandt sind. Wie sie verwandt sind, darüber sollen wir erst nachdenken, denn so steht ja die Frage in Bezug auf das sogenannte Entwicklungsproblem. Wenn wir [die Wesen um uns herum ansehen], den Menschen betrachten mit seinen [verschiedenen] Organen, [und ihn vergleichen mit] niederen [Formen der Lebewesen, sogenannten unvollkommenen, dann] sehen [wir], dass diese Organe [in mannigfaltiger Weise] ähnlich sind. 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