{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68c/1909-12-06/p047","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"But then again we turn to Goethe and let another mood come over us. In all seriousness of striving for truth, we must never abandon that other healing element that tells us: When you believe you have reached some level of truth, have recognized something, it is also able to tell you on the other side: You must also have already decided; you must tell yourself about no truth that it could be completely infallible, you must strive to let it appear before your soul in an even more truthful form, even with regard to that which you have already recognized as truth. When we feel earnest and dignity in our striving for truth, we also feel a serious, dignified humor, which on the other hand so beautifully corrects what pride could instill in us as a sense of truth. We then also feel the other thing that Goethe always said when he was in danger of holding on to the one truth too tightly: Oh, the thought that has been considered could only be an illusion, the thought that has been considered could be something that does not prove feasible. Yes, let us also feel that as a corrective to our arrogance of truth, as a strain on our seriousness, our dignity in the pursuit of truth! Let us feel the Goethe word","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XXXI. 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Wenn wir Ernst und Würde fühlen im Streben nach Wahrheit, so fühlen wir auch einen ernsten, würdigen Humor mit, der auf der anderen Seite wiederum so schön korrigiert, was uns als Hochmut das Wahrheitsgefühl einimpfen könnte. Wir fühlen dann auch das andere, was Goethe immer sagte, wenn er in Gefahr war, die eine Wahrheit zu fest zu halten: Oh, das Nachgedachte könnte nur ein Trug sein, das Vorgedachte könnte etwas sein, was sich nicht ausführbar zeigt. Ja, fühlen wir auch das als ein Korrigierendes unserem Wahrheitshochmut gegenüber, als eine Anspannung unseres Ernstes, unserer Würde im Wahrheitsstreben! 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