B1055 <=> B1057 (BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1056)

“And so, my dear Grandfather, I cannot at all understand how it can happen that in spite of having existed over such a long period, they have not yet become aware and until now continue to be unaware of the horror of this property of theirs.

“Don’t they really ever see that these processes of theirs are the most terrible of all the horrors which can possibly exist in the whole of the Universe, and don’t they ever ponder on this matter, so that they might become aware of this horror and find a means of eradicating it?

“Please, Grandfather, tell me why it is so, and which aspects, composing the totality of the strangeness of their psyche, are the causes of this particularity of theirs?”

Having said this, Hassein again looked expectantly and with a tense desire to know, at his dear grandfather.

In response to this request of his grandson, Beelzebub continued to look at him with, as it is said, a “remorseful smile” and then, sighing deeply, said:

“Ekh! . . . my dear boy. . .

“This particularity and all the results ensuing from it are chiefly the cause of all their abnormalities and so to say ‘muddled logic.’”

And having again paused a little, he continued:

“Good, I will help you to get clear about this question, the more so as I have already once promised to elucidate it to you in detail.

“Of course, in this case, for the sake of the development of your active mentation, I shall not for this reason give you my personal opinion but will tell you about this also in such a way that you should be able to obtain the necessary material for logical confrontation and, in consequence, for the crystallization in you of the data for your own individual opinion about this matter.