Conceit is also a rather blunt piece of work written by Lawrence. Lawrence calls out the vains souls of the world for their sin of Vanity. Though each of us are guility of sin, Lawrence seems to note Vanity as one of the supreme sins. It reigns supreme because it is our undoing. Our Vanity is our demise.
Lawrences states that our conceit, "makes us cowards instead of gods." What does this mean? How can such a vain sin make us cowardice? Isn't vanity an attribute of royalty? If one of the greatest rulers in history such as Julius Caesar can fall, due to his own Vanity, then anyone can.
"Under the great Command: Know thyself and know that thou art mortal," in this line Lawrence is stating that we must not lose sight of who we truly are. We must not become consumed in any false images of ourselves and certainly not any false image of the world. We are no magical beings, no great dieties, we are NOT immortal, we are NOT exempt.
Overtime, man has become consumed with himself. Man has continuously throughout history try to make himself more god-like. This is dangerous ground to tread on according Lawrence. Making oneself more god-like means that we cannot know our true self. We are now a figure, rather than a person. True wisdom is not knowledge about oneself but knowledge about others and the ways of the world.
Essentially, Lawrence is saying that if we aspire to be more god-like, we must sacrifice our Vanity. We must accept ourselves as Human Beings rather than Heavenly Figures.
Lawrences states that our conceit, "makes us cowards instead of gods." What does this mean? How can such a vain sin make us cowardice? Isn't vanity an attribute of royalty? If one of the greatest rulers in history such as Julius Caesar can fall, due to his own Vanity, then anyone can.
"Under the great Command: Know thyself and know that thou art mortal," in this line Lawrence is stating that we must not lose sight of who we truly are. We must not become consumed in any false images of ourselves and certainly not any false image of the world. We are no magical beings, no great dieties, we are NOT immortal, we are NOT exempt.
Overtime, man has become consumed with himself. Man has continuously throughout history try to make himself more god-like. This is dangerous ground to tread on according Lawrence. Making oneself more god-like means that we cannot know our true self. We are now a figure, rather than a person. True wisdom is not knowledge about oneself but knowledge about others and the ways of the world.
Essentially, Lawrence is saying that if we aspire to be more god-like, we must sacrifice our Vanity. We must accept ourselves as Human Beings rather than Heavenly Figures.