“Thus, in one teaching, man is compared to a house in which there is a multitude of servants but no master and no STEWARD. The servants have all forgotten their duties; no one wants to do what he ought; everyone tries to be master, if only for a moment; and, in this kind of disorder, the house is threatened with grave danger. The only chance of salvation is for a group of the more sensible servants to meet together and elect a temporary STEWARD, that is, a deputy STEWARD. This deputy STEWARD can then put the other servants in their places, and make each do his own work: the cook in the kitchen, the coachman in the stables, the gardener in the garden, and so on. In this way the ‘house’ can be got ready for the arrival of the real STEWARD who will, in his turn, prepare it for the arrival of the master. Fragments: Three