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Man muß sich nur klar sein darüber, daß mit «Tun» dabei nicht bloß gemeint ist das äußere physische Tun. Wir tun auch etwas, wenn wir bloß innerlich in Gedanken arbeiten, denn auch da entfaltet sich der Wille. Alles das, wodurch der Mensch sich zur Aktivität aufrafft, sei es ein innerlicher, sei es ein äußerer Prozeß, verfließt im Tun und nicht im bloßen Leiden. Aber jedesmal, wenn ein solches Tun erfolgt, selbst wenn es nur erfolgt im Denken, das eine Initiative hat für Aktivität, erfolgt in ihm ein physischer Prozeß. So wie im physischen Denken ein Gehirnprozeß erfolgt, wie im physischen Sprechen ein modifizierter Atmungsprozeß erfolgt, so erfolgt bei einer solchen in die Tat, in die Handlung überfließenden Willensinitiative ein innerlicher Prozeß, ein Prozeß, den wir vergleichen können mit jener Vernichtung materiellen Wesens, die wir in allen Verbrennungsprozessen gewahr werden. Sehen wir, wie eine Flamme die Kerzensubstanz zerstört, so sehen wir — ich will jetzt nicht auf irgendwelche feinere chemische Position eingehen, sondern eben nur in populärer Weise auseinandersetzen, was als sinnlich-physischer Vorgang angeschaut werden kann und soll -, wir sehen da, ganz gleichgültig, ob das sich metamorphosiert und in anderes, mehr Unsichtbares hineinverschwindet, wie die Flamme, wie das Verbrennen die Konstitution des Materiellen vernichtet.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":308,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-21/p018"}],"english":["GA 84/1923-04-21/p018","GA 84/1923-04-21/p019","GA 84/1923-04-21/p020"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":308,"en_words":312,"ratio":1.01,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 84/1923-04-21/p018"],"reader_part":true},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.02,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5374,"original_word_count":5277,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"LZ0290","book_title":"The Spiritual Development of Man","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA084/English/LZ0290/19230421p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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