{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68c/1909-12-06/p006","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Let us visualize, not so much through theoretical discussion as through an example, how there is indeed a tangible difference, so to speak, between what can be called truth and what can be said to have removed man from the truth. It is not at all true in general that everyone can have their own point of view regarding the truth, that one cannot distinguish whether what someone claims from their point of view comes closer to the truth or moves further away from it. In this context, we may recall the saying of a recently deceased American multi-millionaire, who, among other things, in addition to his occupation, which was certainly more lucrative in terms of his millions, was concerned with arriving at the truth about certain things through thought. In his aphorisms, he made a remarkable statement about the value of human beings: no person in the world is irreplaceable; indeed, one cannot even speak of a special value of the individual. If I – so he said – now lay down my work, numerous others will be found to take it up where I left it. If I withdraw from what I have been doing, I will easily be replaced, and when I die – so roughly he said – the railways will run just as before, the dividends will be earned just as before. In short, nothing special in the world will have changed with the departure of a person. And then he adds – and this is important –: It is the same with every human being.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XXXI. 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Da dürfen wir einmal an den Ausspruch eines jüngst verstorbenen amerikanischen Vielmillionärs, erinnern, der sich unter anderem auch neben seiner Tätigkeit, die ja in Bezug auf seine Millionen gewiss einträglicher war, damit beschäftigte, über gewisse Dinge durch Gedanken zur Wahrheit zu kommen. Er hat über den Wert des Menschen in seinen Aphorismen einen merkwürdigen Ausspruch getan: Kein Mensch auf der Welt ist unersetzlich; ja, man könne gar nicht einmal von einem besonderen Wert des einzelnen Menschen sprechen. Wenn ich — so sagte er — jetzt meine Arbeit niederlege, so werden sich zahlreiche andere finden, die sie da aufnehmen, wo ich sie niedergelegt habe. Wenn ich mich zurückziehe von demjenigen, was ich bisher getan habe, so werde ich leicht ersetzt werden können, und wenn ich sterbe — so ungefähr sagte er —, dann werden die Eisenbahnen geradeso fahren wie vorher, dann werden die Dividenden geradeso verdient werden wie bisher. Kurz, es wird sich nichts Besonderes in der Welt durch den Abgang eines Menschen geändert haben. 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