B1118 <=> B1120 [BTG XLIV Understanding of justice, p. 1119]
Chapter XLIV In the opinion of Beelzebub, Man’s Understanding of Justice Is for Him in the Objective Sense an Accursed Mirage
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SORRINDO e continuando a olhar carinhosamente para seu neto Hassein, Belzebu disse:
“Só agora, meu caro futuro substituto, depois de tudo o que lhe contei e de tudo o que você, de modo geral, absorveu durante esse tempo a respeito dos seres tricerebrais que se reproduzem no planeta Terra, acho oportuno falar-lhe sobre aquela ‘questão’ terrestre à qual prometi me dedicar no final de todos os meus relatos.
“A saber, sobre aquela ideia maléfica difundida entre todos eles, a qual, você se lembra — quando falei sobre a principal ‘torção’ na psique deles, ou seja, sobre suas diversas e peculiares ‘Havatvernonis’ ou, como eles mesmos as chamam, ‘religiões’ — eu disse que foi criada por eles como a base de todas as suas religiões, e que essa ideia maléfica se chamava ‘Bem e Mal’.
“Também lhe disse que, por causa dessa ideia maléfica existente entre os seres terrestres tricerebrais, grandes eventos ou, como eu expressaria nas palavras de seus favoritos, ‘tumultos’ ocorreram recentemente no sagrado planeta Purgatório, e a causa involuntária de seu surgimento foram certos membros de sua ‘Hernasdjensa’ ou, de acordo com a expressão de seus favoritos, sua ‘árvore genealógica’.
“Para que você possa ter uma visão melhor para si e assimilar mais facilmente tudo o que pretendo explicar-lhe, é necessário, em minha opinião, antes de tudo, dizer algo sobre alguns desses eventos do passado que, à primeira vista, não têm nada em comum com essa ideia.
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SMILING and continuing too look affectionately at his grandson Hassein, Beelzebub said:
“It is only now, my dear future substitute, after all that I have related to you and all that you have in a general way taken in during this time concerning the three-brained beings breeding on the planet Earth, that I find it opportune to tell you about that terrestrial ‘question’ to which I promised to devote myself at the very end of all my tales.
“Namely, about that maleficent idea widespread among all of them, which, you remember – when I spoke about the chief ‘kink’ in their psyche, that is about their diverse and peculiar ‘Havatvernonis’ or, as they themselves call them, ‘religions’ – I said was made by them the basis of all these religions of theirs, and which maleficent idea was called ‘Good and Evil.’
“I then also told you that, on account of this maleficent idea existing among the terrestrial three-brained beings, great events or, as I would express it in the words of your favorites, ‘turmoils’ recently occurred on the holy planet Purgatory, and the involuntary cause of their arising were certain members of your ‘Hernasdjensa’ or, according to the expression of your favorites, your ‘genealogical tree.’
“In order that you should the better picture to yourself and more easily assimilate all that I intend to explain to you, it is in my opinion necessary first of all to say something about certain of these long-past events which at first glance have nothing in common with this idea.