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Other people are, so to speak, less affected by the hardness and density of matter. They are more directly pointed to the struggles and victories of human life through their abilities and circumstances. Such people become idealists. They see the reasons that speak for idealism, and since they have never learned to pay attention to the reasons that speak for materialism, they regard materialism as the great error that must be fought.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. 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Aber auch die Idealisten haben diese, und schlechte Gründe für den Idealismus sieht eigentlich nur derjenige, welcher befangen ist in seiner materialistischen Richtung. Der Mensch stellt sich lediglich dem Idealismus entgegen, pocht auf den Materialismus, wenn er die Denkgewohnheiten annimmt, dadurch, dass er nur mit materiellen Dingen zu tun hat. Andere Menschen werden sozusagen von der Härte und Dichtigkeit der Materie weniger berührt. Sie werden mehr hingewiesen durch ihre Anlagen und Verhältnisse auf die Kämpfe und Siege des menschlichen Lebens. Solche Menschen werden Idealisten. Sie sehen die Gründe ein, die für den Idealismus sprechen, und da sie nie gelernt haben, zu beachten die Gründe, die für den Materialismus sprechen, so betrachten sie den Materialismus als den großen Irrtum, der bekämpft werden muss.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":210,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69e/1913-01-03/p011"}],"english":["GA 69e/1913-01-03/p011"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":210,"en_words":200,"ratio":0.95,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":9411,"original_word_count":9106,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA069e/English/SOL2024/19130103p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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