XI. A Piquant Trait of the Peculiar Psyche of Contemporary Man (pgs. B94 – B97)
Chapitre 11 Un trait piquant de l’original psychisme des hommes
Capítulo 11 Um traço picante da peculiar psique do homem contemporâneo.
Beelzebub talks to his grandson about the three-brained beings arising on the planet Earth and whom Hassein called ‘slugs.’ He explains that even though Hassein is a long way off and they cannot get at him and punish him personally, nevertheless, if they should somehow learn, how he had insulted them, he may be sure that their bona fide ‘anathema’ would fall upon him. Beelzebub describes how the beings of the Earth would behave in such a situation, as this could serve as a good example to elucidate the strangeness of their psyche.