B1079 <=> B1081 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1080]

“Yes, my boy, when you will exist among them and will be a witness of these incongruous being-manifestations, then, even in spite of the fact that you know the cause of these incongruities, you will be unable, as they express it, not to ‘laugh’ inwardly and at the same time with the whole of your Being you will pity these unfortunates, and with your ‘inner laughter’ there will gradually be mixed by itself what is called ‘an-essence-palnassoorian-grief.’

“The same particularity of the psyche of the three-centered beings there is especially strongly developed there among the beings belonging to their caste, called the ‘intelligentsia.’

“The word intelligentsia itself almost denotes that notion there which we define by the words ‘force-in-oneself.’

“Yet, though by its essence the word intelligentsia has there almost the same sense, nevertheless the beings there, particularly the contemporary ones, for some reason or other call by this word just those beings who are the exact opposite of what this word denotes.

“The word intelligentsia is also taken from the ancient Greek language.

“It is interesting to notice that this same word was used also by the Romans; but having taken it from the Greeks not by its sense but by its sound, they later imagined that the roots of this word belonged to their own language.

“But among the ancient Greeks this word denoted a being so perfected that he was already able to direct his functions as he wished, and not for instance as occurs with every what is called inanimate cosmic formation, every action of which proceeds only as a reaction to external causes.