And if the necessary moral conditions of respect for man were observed, even a deliberate manipulation of this history by man himself would be conceivable. (religion-online.org)
In that sense the novel sees the new conditions of exile as a fresh hegira, «emigration,» a new moral condition demanding a response somewhat analogous to the response of religious people to a revelation. (religion-online.org)
This disparity between our ideal and our real moral condition Ting calls sin. (religion-online.org)