Livets Bog, vol. 1
An undermining of animal conditions of life. Terrestrial mankind and "might is right"
71. As we already know that also a light radiation comes from the Creative Principle and, moreover, that this has already influenced the earthly zone over a short period of time and that this influence has the aim of developing a new kingdom on Earth in which the condition of life certainly is not "might" but "right", then we shall see that the said influence is identical with a gradual increase in the undermining of animal-like conditions of life. As this undermining leaves those concerned with tendencies which are contrary to the nature of the animal kingdom and which aim towards the conditions of life of the human kingdom - or the development of making "right" into "might" - so these tendencies are seen as being identical with the factors separating terrestrial mankind from the living beings we generally call "animals". But these tendencies are not yet so pronounced that they have entirely changed terrestrial man into a fully developed or perfect human being. He is still largely a living being subject to the conditions of life of the animal kingdom, and hence, as we shall see, to a certain degree he is bound to live under the concept "might is right".