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But now, the special characteristic that I have given of what one sees, by using [to characterize the color perceptions] – isn't it true that I am saying that one is dealing with imaginations; these imaginations are completely different from what one can have in the sensory world. Now I would like to choose the following approach so that we can understand each other.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"2. Anthroposophy as a Body of Knowledge and a Way of Life","site_heading":null,"date":"1921-01-28","location":null,"word_count":185,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/80b/1921-01-28/p081","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Inner Nature and Essence of the Human Soul","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA080b/English/SOL2024/19210128p01.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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Womit ich durchaus nicht sagen will, dass in den letzten Auflagen dieses Ringen überall zu einem Ideale geführt hat — selbstverständlich nicht! Aber nun, die besondere Charakteristik, die ich gegeben habe von demjenigen, was man schaut, dadurch dass ich [verwendet habe zur Charakteristik der Farbenvorstellungen] - nicht wahr, ich sage, man hat es mit Imaginationen zu tun; diese Imaginationen sind völlig anders als dasjenige, was man in der Sinnenwelt haben kann. Nun möchte ich folgenden Anklang wählen, damit wir uns verstehen können.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":183,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80b/1921-01-28/p081"}],"english":["GA 80b/1921-01-28/p081"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":183,"en_words":185,"ratio":1.01,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.01,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":17469,"original_word_count":17257,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Inner Nature and Essence of the Human Soul","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA080b/English/SOL2024/19210128p01.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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