4. The Threshold In Nature and In Man
GA 80b/1921-02-01/p006
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English
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Now this question of the being of the human soul has presented itself to human cognition since very early times. We have only to recall the Apollonian saying: “Know thyself.” This saying sets forth a demand which the conscientious seeker after knowledge will feel is by no means easy of fulfillment.
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