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You have to continue these things for years, then a particular result will arise: the human being feels now that that which sank, otherwise, into unconsciousness becomes active in him that it is something that was filled, otherwise, with nothing at all.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VII. 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An ihr lassen sich alle Beziehungen von Halbmesser, Durchmesser, Umfang, Inhalt und so weiter feststellen, aber ebensogut an einem gezeichneten Kreis; denn dessen Gesetzmäßigkeiten gelten auch für die Medaille. Solche Symbole für Gesetzmäßigkeiten zeigt die Mathematik fortwährend. Nichts anderes macht der Geistesforscher, als daß er auf höherem Gebiet diese mathematische Methode anwendet, aber nicht nur auf das Denken, sondern auf das Leben. Wir spekulieren nicht über diese Symbole, sondern es kommt darauf an, daß alle unsere Impulse darauf gelenkt werden, und die Kraft, die wir da entwickeln, die ist es, um was es sich handelt. Während sonst die Seele sich zerstreut, ziehen wir, wenn auch nur für ein paar Minuten, das Seelenleben ganz zusammen. 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