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In such cases, we are not talking about a unified character, and by this we mean that the ego does not distribute its effect evenly among the various parts [of the soul].","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"53. 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Nur der kann das, was mit dem so oft rätselvollen und uns doch auf Schritt und Tritt im Leben entgegentretenden [Phänomen des menschlichen Charakters gemeint ist], verstehen, der nicht infrage zieht, wie dieses Ich spielt und arbeitet in dem Zusammenklingenlassen der verschiedenen Seelenglieder. Ja, wenn die einzelnen Fähigkeiten der Menschenseele, die einzelnen Betätigungen auseinanderfallen, wenn das Ich nicht gemeinsame Herrschaft ausübt, so erscheint uns der Mensch auseinanderstrebend. Dies ist das Trivialste im Charakterleben, sodass seine Seelentätigkeiten nach der einen Seite so, nach der andern Seite anders arbeiten. So kann im Leben auseinandergehen der Patriot und der Privatmann. Dann sprechen wir von keinem einheitlichen Charakter, und meinen damit, dass das Ich seine Wirkung nicht gleichmäßig verteilt auf die verschiedenen Partien [der Seele].","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":146,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1909-10-29/p009"}],"english":["GA 68b/1909-10-29/p009"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":146,"en_words":181,"ratio":1.24,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6692,"original_word_count":6302,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068b/English/SOL2024/19091029p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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