Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff

called there, 'knowledge', nevertheless in relation to this information or'knowledge' he had acquired no Being whatever."Well, on the one hand because of the total lack of Being in his presence andon the other hand because there were already thoroughly crystallized in himthose consequences of the properties of the organ kundabuffer called 'vanity,''self-love,' 'swaggering,' and so forth, this 'mama's and papa's darling,' havingbecome a learned being of new formation, had the ambition to be considereda 'famous scientist'—not only among the beings of Nievia but also over thewhole of the surface of their planet."So, with all his presence he dreamed and ruminated about how he couldattain this."He spent many days in serious thought, and finally decided first of all toinvent a theory about some question nobody before him had ever touchedupon, and then to inscribe this invention of his upon a 'kashireitleer,' the likesof which had never been inscribed upon before, nor ever could be in thefuture."And from that day on he set to work to carry out that decision of his."With the help of his many slaves he first prepared such a 'kashireitleer' ashad never existed before."In those days on the planet Earth, 'kashireitleers' were usually made fromone or another part of the hide of a quadruped being called 'buffalo,' butLentrohamsanin made his 'kashireitleer' from a hundred buffalo hides joinedtogether."By the way, 'kashireitleers' were later replaced by what is called'parchment.'"Well, when this unprecedented kashireitleer was ready, the future greatLentrohamsanin inscribed upon it his invention concerning a question thatindeed had never entered