The Standings of Ego and Soul in Physics and Metaphysics. Contrariwise, ego takes precedence over soul in physics, which is an element conditioned by the knowledge of supreme taking in free ego (thought), whereas soul, by contrast, takes precedence over ego in metaphysics, which is an element conditioned by the joy of supreme being in free soul – the difference, one could argue, between earth (vegetation) and air, phenomenal subjectivity and noumenal subjectivity, molecular wavicles and elemental wavicles, masculinity and divinity.