Man a Type of the Supernatural
Duke of Argyll. Ezekiel 1:26-28 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone… All the analogies of human thought are in themselves analogies of nature; and in proportion as they are built up or are perceived by mind in its higher attributes and work, they are part and parcel of natural truth. Man — he whom the Greeks call Anthropos, because, as it has been supposed, he is the only being whose look is upward — man is a part of nature, and no artificial definitions can separate him from it. And yet in another sense it is true that man is above nature — outside of it; and in this aspect he is the very type and image of the "supernatural." (Duke of Argyll.) Parallel Verses KJV: And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. WEB: Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.