HYPOCRITE: "ACTOR;" "PLAYING A PART"

Hypocrite, and this definition from the Greek ("actor," "playing a part") are central to Tolstoy's brilliant works and analysis of the Hell of things.

Christ calls us to be true to the Almighty within us - Conscience, the still small voice within.

SOCIETY, the STATE call us to be SUPREMELY obedient to Government, Law, Convention, Norms.

These are the two choices - the polar opposites of existence.

Jesus was most
horrified by the Hypocrites.