9. Justification of a Science of the Soul in the Sense of Anthroposophy

GA 72/1918-12-09/p023 ·1918-12-09 · 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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Some people recognize this consciously, others unconsciously. They feel it instinctively. They then turn in another direction in order to go beyond the limits of scientific knowledge and arrive at a knowledge of the soul. There, more or less clearly or unclearly, they arrive at mystical paths, seeking what science cannot offer them, on the path of so-called self-knowledge, more or less clear or unclear mysticism.

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