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But anyone who does not stop at some prejudice will realize that at least in terms of action, in terms of doing, in terms of moral conduct, one can approach what can be characterized in the following way – and this is the other point that leads us to the life riddles we are discussing today: Certainly, the vast majority of human actions are based on instincts, desires, on some kind of constitution of the self; but there are still such actions – at least we approach them, which, because we are imperfect human beings, we can never fully carry out; we consider them at least as an ideal. We know that a person is only worthy of humanity if his actions approximate to the way I am about to characterize them. It is conceivable that we are not determined by some urge, but by the contemplation of what is to happen through us, in the rarer cases, of course, to what we are to do. 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Something in the outside world can make such an impression on us that we say to ourselves: a change must occur, something must happen, and then, if we want to get to the bottom of it with healthy self-observation, when we say something like that to ourselves, there is nothing else to compare it to but the feeling we have when we are confronted with a personality that stands independently outside of us and that we love selflessly.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":104,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p024","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Human Being as a Spirit and Soul Being","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA071b/English/SOL2024/19180501p01.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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Frei steigende Vorstellungen kommen und gehen, vergesellschaften sich mit anderen. Das macht unser Seelenleben aus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":115,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p019"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Aber eines flutet herein in dieses Seelenleben, das ja jedem Philosophen klar ist, jedem Menschen klar ist, wenn er darüber nachdenkt, aber das nicht immer in der richtigen Weise zum Bewusstsein gebracht wird, eines flutet herein, das zu einem Grundrätsel werden kann, so einfach es sich auch ausnimmt, das ist: Wir lassen ja gar nicht einfach die Vorstellungen, die sich in unserer Seele vergesellschaften wollen, in beliebiger Weise auf- und abfluten. Wir könnten unser Leben in entsprechender Weise gar nicht durch die Welt tragen, wenn wir uns also dem Spiel der Vorstellungen hingeben wollten. Wir machen immer etwas ganz Bestimmtes. Wir lassen in diesem Vorstellungsleben etwas hereinfluten, was die Vorstellungen bestimmt nach richtigen und unrichtigen Vorstellungen; wir lassen das kraftvolle, von Logik beherrschte Denken in unser Vorstellungsspiel hereinfluten, und gerade, wenn man auch nichts weiter treibt als eine ganz oberflächliche Selbstbeobachtung, so wird man dahinterkommen: Es ist ein radikaler, prinzipieller Unterschied zwischen dem einfachen Sich-Überlassen des Vorstellungsspieles und dem selbsttätigen Herrschen dieses Vorstellungsspieles durch das Denken, das sich nach Richtigem oder Unrichtigem bestimmt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":173,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p020"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"So einfach, so primitiv das ist, es muss der Ausgangspunkt jeder gesunden Selbstbetrachtung eigentlich sein. Wir müssen uns sagen: Hinauskommen über das, in das doch alle möglichen Täuschungen hereinspielen können, hinauskommen über dieses Vorstellungsspiel können wir gedanklich doch nur, wenn wir uns bewusst werden, dass ja alle möglichen falschen, irrtümlichen Vorstellungen ebenso ablaufen, durch streng naturwissenschaftlich bestimmbare Gesetze unseres Menschenwesens und Organismus, dass aber eingreift in das, was so durch den Organismus naturwissenschaftlich notwendig bedingt ist, Richtiges, Unrichtiges des Denkens, das nicht aus demselben Spiel der Vorstellungen kommen kann, das zeigt einfach eine gesunde Selbstbeobachtung. Ich habe das genauer ausgeführt in dem angeführten Buche.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":104,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p021"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Das ist das eine, das uns die Frage vorlegt: Was flutet denn da eigentlich in unser Seelenleben herein, wenn wir gegenüber dem beliebigen Vorstellungsspiel das logischorientierte Denken, oder vielleicht, besser gesagt, das richtige und unrichtige Denken, das wirklichkeitsgemäße Denken geltend machen? Das ist die eine Frage. Wir wollen sie zunächst einmal den heutigen Betrachtungen als Frage zugrunde legen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":58,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p022"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Die andere Frage ist diese: In unserem Handeln, in unserem Tun, in alledem, wodurch wir unser Eigenleben in das soziale, in das moralische, in das sittliche Dasein der Menschheit hineinführen, in dem machen sich zunächst, das zeigt eine gesunde Selbstbeobachtung, unsere Triebe, unsere Begierden, die unsern Willensimpulsen zugrunde liegen, geltend. Allein derjenige, der nicht stehen bleibt bei irgendwelchen Vorurteilen, der wird gewahr, dass man sich wenigstens annähert in Bezug auf das Handeln, auf das Tun, in Bezug auf die moralische Lebensführung demjenigen, das man etwa in der folgenden Weise charakterisieren kann - und dieses ist der andere Punkt, der uns an die heute zu besprechenden Lebensrätsel heranführt: Gewiss, bei den weitaus meisten Handlungen der Menschen liegen Triebe, Begierden, liegt eine irgendwie geartete Konstitution seines Selbstes zugrunde; aber es gibt doch solche Handlungen — wenigstens nähern wir uns ihnen, die wir, weil wir unvollkommene Menschen sind, niemals vollständig ausführen können; wir betrachten sie wenigstens als ein Ideal. Wir wissen: Der Mensch ist nur menschenwürdig, wenn er sein Handeln annähert einer solchen Handlungsweise, wie ich sie jetzt charakterisieren will. Es ist denkbar, dass wir zu dem, was wir tun sollen, nicht bestimmt werden - natürlich in den seltneren Fällen -, nicht bestimmt werden durch irgendeinen Trieb, sondern durch das Anschauen dessen, was durch uns geschehen soll. Es ist dies ein besonderes Gefühl, eine besondere Empfindung, die wir entwickeln können gegenüber dem, was durch uns geschehen soll.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":234,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p023"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Gewiss, in den seltensten Fällen werden wir diese Empfindung haben können, aber wir haben sie eben als ein Ideal in uns und nähern uns ihm fortwährend. Es kann irgendetwas in der Außenwelt einen solchen Eindruck auf uns machen, dass wir uns sagen: Da muss eine Veränderung eintreten, da muss etwas geschehen, und es gibt dann, wenn wir mit gesunder Selbstbeobachtung dahinterkommen wollen, was nun in uns vorgeht, wenn wir uns so etwas sagen, nichts anderes zum Vergleich als das Gefühl, das wir haben, wenn wir einer Persönlichkeit gegenüberstehen, die selbstständig außer uns steht und die wir selbstlos lieben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":98,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p024"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Es schien mir vor 25 Jahren als besonders wichtig, einmal in einem philosophischen Buche zu protestieren gegen ein Vorurteil, das weit verbreitet ist. Dieses Vorurteil schließt sich zusammen in die Worte: Die Liebe macht blind. Ich habe geltend gemacht: Die Liebe macht sehend. Sie führt uns hinein in das, in das wir nicht hineinkommen, wenn wir nur egoistisch in unserem Selbst beschlossen bleiben, wenn wir imstande sind, uns so weit im eigenen Selbst aufzugeben, dass wir mit unseren Empfindungen, mit unseren Gefühlen in dem anderen leben und deshalb leben, weil wir die höchste Ehrfurcht haben vor der Selbstständigkeit des anderen Wesens, das wir nicht durch unsere Liebe anders machen wollen. Das ist nicht eine vollständige Liebe, die herumhantieren will an dem anderen Wesen, das es liebt, das andere Wesen anders haben will, als es ist, sondern das ist die rechte Liebe, dass man das Wesen liebt um dieses Wesens willen, sodass der Liebende aus sich herausgeht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":156,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p025"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"So, wie wir das Gefühl der Liebe haben können gegenüber dem anderen Menschen, der ganz abgesondert ist von uns, den wir dann gerade recht lieben, wenn wir uns bewusst sind, dass er abgesondert ist für sich, dass wir mit nichts, was mit unserem Egoismus zusammenhängt, einen Einfluss haben wollen, dass wir ihn um seinetwillen lieben, nicht um unseretwillen, wenn wir dieses Gefühl haben, so ist es zweifellos das Ideal der Liebe, jener Liebe, von der ich glaube eben, dass sie nicht blind, sondern sehend macht. Und diese Liebe kann auch entfaltet werden gegenüber einer Handlung, gegenüber dem, was zu tun ist, wenn wir uns rein der Anschauung dieser Handlung hingeben. Unter den mannigfaltigen Handlungen, die aus unseren Trieben, Begierden herausfließen, sind auch solche, bei denen wir uns wenigstens nähern dem Impulse, der rein aus Liebe zur Handlung dasjenige vollführt, was er unternimmt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":142,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p026"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-05-01/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Hier ist der andere Punkt, den ich dazumal in meiner «Philosophie der Freiheit» so charakterisiert habe, dass ich sagte: Derjenige, der sich nun die Idee der Freiheit vor Augen stellt, kommt bald dahinter, dass frei eine Handlung nur sein kann, die in solcher Art aus dem Impuls der Liebe zur Handlung hervorgeht. Das ist zunächst allerdings nur als eine Beobachtung hinzunehmen; aber diese liefert die Möglichkeit, sich zunächst wenigstens eine Vorstellung zu machen über das, was eine freie Handlung sein kann. Man kommt dahinter, dass man nicht befugt ist, andere Handlungen als freie zu bezeichnen. Und es entsteht nur die Frage, ob es möglich ist, dass solche Handlungen in das menschliche Leben hereintreten, ob es möglich ist, dass Handlungen aus Liebe im Menschenleben sich verwirklichen können. Dann können wir, wenn wir anerkennen können, dass Handlungen aus Liebe im Menschenleben sich verwirklichen können, den Menschen vielleicht nicht frei nennen in Bezug auf seine ganze Wesenheit; aber wir können sagen: Der Mensch ist sich nähernd der Freiheit, in dem Maße sich nähernd, als er umgestaltet immer mehr und mehr seine Handlungen so, dass sie Handlungen aus Liebe werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":186,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-05-01/p027"}],"beads":[{"from":[18],"to":[18],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[19],"to":[19],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[20],"to":[20],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[21],"to":[21],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[22],"to":[22],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[23],"to":[23],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[24],"to":[24],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[25],"to":[25],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[26],"to":[26],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[27],"to":[27],"confidence":"high"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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