"Because of their very nature, science and logical thinking can never decide what is possible or impossible. Their only function is to explain what has been ascertained by experience and observation."
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Rudolf Steiner
1861 – 1925
Österreichischer Philosoph, Pädagoge, Naturwissenschaftler und Sozialreformer.
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