a textbook which Jan Jakob Maria de Groot had written on Chinese philosophy. De Groot's book argued that Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism were all part of a world religion that De Groot called Universism. Quisling described how his philosophy "... followed from the universal theory of relativity, of which the specific and general theories of relativity are special instances." His magnum opus was divided into four parts: an introduction, a description of mankind's apparent progression from individual to increasing complex consciousnesses, a section on his tenets of morality and law, and a final section on science, art, politics, history, race and religion. The conclusion was to be titled The World's Organic Classification and Organisation, but the work remained unfinished. Generally, Quisling worked on it infrequently during his time in politics. The biographer Hans Fredrik Dahl describes this as "fortunate" since Quisling would "never have won recognition" as a philosopher. During his trial and particularly after being sentenced, Quisling became interested once more in Universism. He saw the events of the war as part of the move towards the establishment of God's kingdom on earth and justified his actions in those terms. During the first week of October, he wrote a fifty-page document titled Universistic Aphorisms, which represented "... an almost ecstatic revelation of truth and the light to come, which bore the mark of nothing less than a prophet." The document was also notable for its attack on the materialism of Nazism. In addition, he simultaneously worked on a sermon, Eternal Justice, which reiterated his key beliefs, including reincarnation. Works In Norwegian Articles and speeches See also Førergarde, Quisling's personal guard Philippe Pétain, French Marshal whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Andrey Vlasov, Soviet general whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Mir Jafar, ruler of Bengal whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Robert Lundy, Scottish army officer whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Benedict Arnold, American officer whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Judas, Apostle whose name has been used to mean "traitor" Further reading Hewins, Ralph. (1965). Quisling, Prophet without Honour. London: W. H. Allen. Borgersrud, Lars. "9 April revised: on the Norwegian history tradition after Magne Skodvin on Quisling and the invasion of Norway in 19401." Scandinavian Journal of History 39.3 (2014): 353–397, historiography Hamre, Martin