Here it becomes possible to interpret the dialectical antitheses in another way. The antagonism is based on the difference between the sight (conspectus) of God and that of man. The two look at the same facts from opposite sides. Consequently, they also arrive at opposing judgments. This is true not only of the pair of opposites, death and life, but also of the other pair, the sinner and the righteous man. For even when the Pharisee and the tax collector are contrasted, God’s judgment and the judgment