Second Lecture

GA 78/1921-08-30/p009 ·1921-08-30 · 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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Anyone who immerses themselves completely in what was living in Goethe's soul when he made such a statement can find it a very special guide; for if they start from the meaning of such a statement, they will gradually realize how Goethe's understanding of the outside world was completely different from that of many other people. And especially in the 1880s, in contrast to the fruits of agnosticism, it was particularly important to look at Goethe's way of knowing, because it is different from everything that resulted from the great scientific achievements of the 19th century as a precipitate of knowledge for the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and there was good reason to take a closer look at the special nature of the spiritual behavior that was present in Goethe's cognitive processes.

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