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The translator IS verified for this lecture: its own source names the translator (evidence: the lecture's page, rsarchive's lecture list, or the cover of the book it was published in), and that page's text was matched against this unit (see match_score and source_url). Cite the translator with confidence; attribute the publisher only as probable."},"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["English"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/90a/1904-08-14/p004"},{"lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/90a/1904-08-14/p004","paragraph_aligned":true}],"record":{"record_type":"listeners_notes","scope":"volume","note":"Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. 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Die Hand muss undurchdringlich sein [Lücke in der Mitschrift] Ebenso ist es mit den Sinnesorganen [Lücke in der Mitschrift] Augen. Diese Organe nennt man Indriyas, und man unterscheidet Indriyas der Sinne oder Wahrnehmung und Indriyas der Tat. Jedes Wesen bildet sich aus den Stoffen der Welt, die es durchwandert, Tätigkeits- und Sinnesorgane. Mit seinem Wesen gehört der Mensch der ewigen Welt an, mit den Organen - der Welt, die er durchwandert. Hat er diese Welten durchwandert, nimmt er gerade durch seine Organe etwas aus den Welten mit, das sein Besitz bleibt. 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