androgyny as as aspiration to divine perfection. séraphitüs-a is the incarnation of human perfection in an ancient tradition of perfection through a unity of genders into one being; indeed, balzac believed in a sort of godly aspiration towards which humans would naturally tend, a continuous betterment of humanity through education. this androgyny surpasses averageness and inscribes itself in an ideal of perfection, an absolute. the supernatural comes hand in hand with philosophy to create one divine, beatific ideal.