17. The Idea of Christ in Egyptian Spiritual Life
GA 87/1902-03-01/p015
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The individual human being is now included, integrated into this whole chain of development, and he should not only use his life, as the Egyptian priests were clear, to recognize the world, but to bring it a step forward. For they believed that if man is aware of his immense responsibility, he must not merely accept life, but that he must use it to do divine deeds when he works, to carry on the deeds of the gods.
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