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It is a sober recognition of the limits of ordinary consciousness, tied to the body, that impels us to develop in ourselves those powers that alone are capable of really discovering the soul and the spirit.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"2. Anthroposophy and Psychology","site_heading":null,"date":"1922-06-02","location":null,"word_count":165,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/83/1922-06-02/p027","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"B. A. 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Denn alles, was da, ich möchte sagen, wie Dunkelheit gegenüber der Helligkeit hereintaucht und im gewöhnlichen Leben eigentlich nur mit Worten bezeichnet wird, das taucht eben erst auf, wenn solche Kräfte entwickelt werden, die gewöhnlich noch nicht da sind. 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