Analogue 2: The Diagnosis of the Human Condition
Diagnosis of the Human C ondition A slave longs only for f r eedom and not for his Maste r ’ s fortune, but a son is not only a child of the Maste r , he is an heir with claim to his fathe r ’ s wealth. Likewise child r en of death a r e not only dead, death is their only inheritance. Heirs of life, on the other hand, a r e themselves alive, and they can inherit both life and death. The dead, howeve r , inherit nothing, for how can a dead person become an heir? But if those who a r e dead should inherit life, not only will they live, they will never die. A citizen of this world, in fact, cannot die, for he or she has actually never lived, but one who has begun to trust the truth is fully alive—having come to life on the day of the Anointed One ’ s appearing; that individual, howeve r , may well face the danger of dying, for this world ’ s s