VII. The Questions of Life and the Riddle of Death I

GA 69a/1913-02-16/p023 ·1913-02-16 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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Somebody argued, with big thirst one can imagine the taste and the refreshing effect of a lemonade. Yes—but one cannot quench the thirst with this image. One is not allowed to use intellectual games. The spiritual researcher must have advanced so far that he can distinguish reality and speculative fiction, as one has to distinguish reality and mental picture in the physical world.

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