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For the word of “holy egoism” as the justifying essence of that which arises from below is repeatedly heard by us anew.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"1. The World View Of German Idealism. 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Durch ganz profane Mittel ist der Egoismus heiliggesprochen worden! Denn das Wort vom «heiligen Egoismus» als dem rechtfertigenden Wesen desjenigen, das da von unten heraufsteigt, das tönt uns immer wieder von Neuem entgegen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":184,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/70b/1915-11-25/p079"}],"english":["GA 70b/1915-11-25/p079"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":184,"en_words":163,"ratio":0.89,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":13536,"original_word_count":12814,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA070b/English/SOL2024/19151125p01.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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