Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            reicher an Material der Erkenntnis wird; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s294" xml:space="preserve">aber der Geiſt ſelbſt
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            iſt keineswegs ſchärfer und fähiger geworden.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s296" xml:space="preserve">All’ dies giebt den Beweis, daß es nicht nur feſte Geſetze
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            des Denkens, ſondern auch gewiſſe, feſtſtehende, allgemeine
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            Regeln der Geiſtesanſchauungen giebt, die ſeit Jahrtauſenden
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            in dem Menſchengeſchlechte nicht wechſeln, ſondern ihm eigen-
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            tümlich ſind und bleiben. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s297" xml:space="preserve">All’ dies deutet darauf hin, daß die
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            Natur dem Menſchengeiſt eine gewiſſe Richtung der Denkweiſe
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            gegeben hat, von der er nicht imſtande iſt abzuweichen.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s299" xml:space="preserve">Es giebt daher Überzeugungen, die der Menſch als
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            unumſtößliche, als ewige Wahrheiten anerkennt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s300" xml:space="preserve">Jeder Menſch,
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            der z. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s301" xml:space="preserve">B. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s302" xml:space="preserve">einmal den mathematiſchen Lehrſatz erkannt, daß
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            die drei Winkel eines Dreiecks gleich zweien rechten Winkeln
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            ſind, der wird in ſich fühlen, wie es unmöglich iſt, daß jemals
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            ein Menſchenverſtand dies als einen Irrtum wird darthun
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            können. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s303" xml:space="preserve">Die Wahrheit dieſes Satzes iſt ihm ſo feſt eingeprägt
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            und entſpricht ſo ganz und gar dem Denkvermögen des Geiſtes,
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            daß man ſich ganz unmöglich eine Vorſtellung machen kann
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            von Weſen, deren Geiſt andere Regeln des Denkens, mit anderen
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            Worten andere Denkformen habe und deshalb auf ein anderes
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            Reſultat des Denkens gelangen könne.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s305" xml:space="preserve">Es unterliegt daher keinem Zweifel, daß es ebenſo natur-
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            gemäße Regeln des Denkens giebt, wie es naturgemäße Regeln
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            für das Wachstum des menſchlichen Leibes giebt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s306" xml:space="preserve">Dieſelbe Geſetz-
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            lichkeit, die es macht, daß das Gehirn des Menſchen ſo und
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            nicht anders gebaut iſt, dieſelbe Geſetzlichkeit zwingt das Gehirn,
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            ſo und nicht in anderer, in willkürlicher Weiſe zu denken. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s307" xml:space="preserve">Da
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            aber trotzdem die Gedanken der Menſchen außerordentlich von
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            einander abweichen, ſo iſt es klar, daß die Natur ihnen auch
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            in dieſer Beziehung nur die Neigung zum Richtigen gegeben,
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            jedoch eine Freiheit gelaſſen hat, innerhalb dieſer Neigungen
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            ihre Denkergabe zu benutzen.</s>
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