Translations:Manfred Klett: Von der Agrartechnologie zur Landbaukunst/1195/en

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It becomes otherwise for the human being, as soon as he begins, in free self-determination, to assume sovereignty over the soul. Then he learns, as Goethe puts it, «seine Organe zu belehren» (to instruct his organs).[1] He learns to educate his soul — which mediates rhythmically between spirit and body — to ever higher degrees

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  1. «Das Tier wird durch seine Organe belehrt; der Mensch belehrt die seinigen und beherrscht sie» («The animal is instructed by its organs; the human being instructs his own and masters them»), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Maximen und Reflexionen, «Aus dem Nachlass – Über Natur und Naturwissenschaft».