As you first read the quote, the inherent dualism makes its presence known almost immediately: the idea that somehow one can be a free lord of all, subject to none and a dutiful servant of all, subject of and to all at the same time. The unsaid difference in the two pieces of this quote must be in perspective to accommodate the dualism, but how can two perspectives on the same topic exist within one person? This works to imply that our existence is made up of two contrasting, coexisting elements that could merit two conflictual identities: the mind, or more accurately the soul, and the body. This notion that one’s spirituality can be independent, at least for the most part as the body’s effects on the mind are numerous, from one’s physical status is interesting when you bring salvation and the afterlife into play. …show more content…
This dichotomy is personified in Jesus Christ, arguably the moral model figure, the messiah, and yet a lord who walks and lives among not royalty or in any lavish circumstances, but quite the opposite. In his last act before dying he sacrifices his physical being completely for every man and his own salvation emphasizing that our vulnerability and inherent penchant for sinfulness lies in our