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Das aber können wir erst schen, wenn wir durchdrungen haben die Bedeutung der alten Griechen der vorplatonischen Zeit, die unter dem Mysterienwesen den wirklich tiefen Sinn des Wortes verstanden haben. Das griechische Mysterienwesen der vorplatonischen Zeit vereinigte alles, was an inneren Strebenszielen zum Ausdruck kommen kann. 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