XI. On Good and Evil
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Record: listeners' notes. Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. The wording is the note-taker's as much as Steiner's: weigh a single striking phrase here far more cautiously than the same phrase in a stenographic volume, and do not rest an argument on one word. Evidence: «Nach bruchstückhaften Notizen und Mitschriften» (From fragmentary notes and transcripts). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.
In those days, people had everything except our intellect. The people of the lunarian epoch did not have the intellect. But they thought and did not present as we do. They participated in a much more universal spirituality. This more universal spirituality surrounded them as a spiritual power. It can be compared to a swarm of bees, which has a common soul. In the lunatic era, not every human being had an intellect of his or her own. They were driven to their actions by a wisdom that lived in the lunatic cosmos. This is similar to the instinct of animals.
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