Creature and creator#
Summary#
In man, creature and creator are united: there is not only matter, clay, mire, folly, and chaos, but also the sculptor, the hardness of the hammer, and the divinity of the spectator. The “creature” aspect refers to that which must be fashioned, bruised, forged, and refined through suffering, while the “creator” is the force that shapes and disciplines. This duality explains why sympathy for the creature alone is misguided, as it pampers what is meant to be transformed through the discipline of great suffering.