A man who is utterly self - contained and whose chief ambition is to be «self - existent» and hence to exist without dependence upon relationships
of any sort, is a man whom we regard as an unpleasant if not
vicious specimen
of the race; and it is odd that deity has been regarded, and this even in Christian
circles, as more like such a self - contained human being rather than as like a man who in every area
of his life is open to relationships and whose very
existence is rich in the possibility
of endless adaptations to new circumstances.