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| | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | | | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | |
| | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |'''Spirit or “I”''' | | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |'''Spirit or “I”''' |
− | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Self-consciousness, rational thinking, free will, self-control, morality and values, insight, coping skills, spirituality, human form and development | + | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Self-consciousness, rational thinking, free will, self-control, morality and values, insight, coping skills, spirituality, human form and development, upright posture |
| |- | | |- |
| | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | | | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | |
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| | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Physical and chemical properties and structures, mechanics, chemical reactions, states of matter, inorganic forms | | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Physical and chemical properties and structures, mechanics, chemical reactions, states of matter, inorganic forms |
| |} | | |} |
| + | |
| + | ===== The four elements ===== |
| These four aspects of the human being relate to the [[four elements]]. The physical body relates to physical, the etheric relates to fluid or watery element, the astral relates to the air or gaseous element, and the I relates to the warmth in the human being. | | These four aspects of the human being relate to the [[four elements]]. The physical body relates to physical, the etheric relates to fluid or watery element, the astral relates to the air or gaseous element, and the I relates to the warmth in the human being. |
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | |+The fourfold human being and the elements |
| + | ! |
| + | !Element |
| + | !Characteristic aspects in relation to the human being |
| + | |- |
| + | |Spirit or "[[I]]" |
| + | |Warmth |
| + | |Temperature, fever |
| + | |- |
| + | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |“Soul” ([[astral body]]) |
| + | |Air |
| + | |Breathing |
| + | |- |
| + | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Life ([[etheric body]]) |
| + | |Water |
| + | |Turgor, Edema |
| + | |- |
| + | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Matter ([[physical body]]) |
| + | |Earth, Stone, Mineral |
| + | |Bones |
| + | |} |
| | | |
| ====The threefold human being==== | | ====The threefold human being==== |
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| |Information, [[imponderables]] | | |Information, [[imponderables]] |
| |Substance, matter, [[ponderables]] | | |Substance, matter, [[ponderables]] |
| + | |Both |
| + | |- |
| + | |Metabolism |
| + | |Catabolism |
| + | |Anabolism |
| |Both | | |Both |
| |} | | |} |