
CW 307 Modern Art of Education: Lecture 6: Walking, Speaking, Thinking (August 10, 1923) by Rudolf Steiner
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The Truth of Speech Is Absorbed Through the Physical Organism
We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide within our bodies. When we learn to speak in this situation, spirit is transformed completely into the physical one. Because children are insubstantial in themselves, an unhealthy digestive organ later in life is often caused by learning to speak incorrectly. Digestive problems may t from untruthfulness when the child is learning to speak. And nervousness comes from confused thinking in a child's surroundings. The worst thing we could do to a child is to say something and then retract saying something different. This leads to confusion. Using confused thinking with te child is the real cause of so called nervousness to day.
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