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There it is a matter of course that all beings, all facts receive their very special coloration from that which we bring with us as our own soul constitution, as that which lives in our soul. And we carry a wrong opinion into the spiritual world with us; it lays itself like a veil over the corresponding observation. And if we want to hold on to this wrong opinion, then the spiritual fact, which is veiled by our opinion, cannot convict us of lying. It wraps itself in the garment of our wrong opinion and appears to us in a completely false form.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. 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Wir können nicht mit einem unrichtigen Urteil über eine Sache an diese Sache selbst herantreten, ohne dass uns die Sache Lügen straft. Auf geistigem Gebiet ist das ganz anders. Dort handelt es sich ja darum, dass alle Wesen, alle Tatsachen ihre ganz besondere Färbung erhalten durch dasjenige, was wir als die eigene Seelenkonstitution, als das, was in unserer Seele lebt, entgegenbringen, und eine falsche Meinung tragen wir mit in die geistige Welt hinein; es legt sich wie ein Schleier über die entsprechende Beobachtung. Und wenn wir an dieser falschen Meinung festhalten wollen, dann kann uns die geistige Tatsache, die eben verschleiert ist durch unsere Meinung, sie kann uns nicht Lügen strafen. 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