Lethim，forinstance，comparetheclassesofEuropewiththecastesofIndia。Therearistocracyisfarmoreawful，becauseitisfarmoreintellectual。Itisseriouslyfeltthatthescaleofclassesisascaleofspiritualvalues；thatthebakerisbetterthanthebutcherinaninvisibleandsacredsense。ButnoChristianity，noteventhemostignorantorperverse，eversuggestedthatabaronetwasbetterthanabutcherinthatsacredsense。NoChristianity，howeverignorantorextravagant，eversuggestedthatadukewouldnotbedamned。Inpagansocietytheremayhavebeen（Idonotknow）
somesuchseriousdivisionbetweenthefreemanandtheslave。
ButinChristiansocietywehavealwaysthoughtthegentlemanasortofjoke，thoughIadmitthatinsomegreatcrusadesandcouncilsheearnedtherighttobecalledapracticaljoke。
ButweinEuropeneverreallyandattherootofoursoulstookaristocracyseriously。Itisonlyanoccasionalnon-Europeanalien（suchasDr。OscarLevy，theonlyintelligentNietzscheite）
whocanevenmanageforamomenttotakearistocracyseriously。