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The Front Cover

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ALL and Everything

“An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man”

BEELZEBUB’S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON

Objectively      Impartial      Criticism

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All and Everything

ALL is fully capitalized and Everything is not.  Capitalization indicates the Absolute or at least something at a very high level. So perhaps ALL refers to the Absolute (as a unity), and Everything to the multiplicity of things at all the various levels of the Megalocosmos.

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"An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man."

While the book is generally known as Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, as the cover clearly indicates, that is not the first of its two titles. That honor goes to "An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man."
This primary title is wrapped in quotes, indicating that we should ponder its meaning.

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BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON

BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON is capitalized, typographically indicating that its meaning should be taken as sacred. This could be an indication from the Gurdjieff that the book is scripture.

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Objective

Objectivity is a fundamental concept in the Work, in that what we experience is subjective, originating from our inner world, whereas the world we participate in is objective—a common reality (at our level).
By declaring his criticism to be objective, Gurdjieff is indicating that what he describes is common to us all. We are left to determine whether his criticism is indeed impartial.
The etymology of the word is simple enough. Originally, in the philosophical sense it means "considered in relation to its object" from Medieval Latin objectivus, from objectum "object." It implies impartiality.

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Impartial

The concept of impartiality looms large in The Work. It is an individual aim to be able to be impartial.
The etymology of the word is uncomplicated: "not partial, not favoring one over another," 1590s, from assimilated form of in "not, opposite of" + partial, "biased, favoring one over another."