Equality initially (at first) believed the Scholars were but he later decides that they are
O wise / fools
O capable / excellent
O evil / fair
O imaginary / real

wise / fools

Explanation:

Equality initially (at first) believed the Scholars were wise  but he later decides that they are fools.

This is based on the book Anthem by Ayn Rand. In this book, humans are no longer thought of as individuals but as a collective such that they identify as ''we''. Jobs are assigned to people and the whole society runs on conformity.

Equality was born gifted and to punish him for it they made him a street sweeper. Equality researches on his own and discovers electricity but knows that he cannot show it to the government as they would severely punish him. He believes then that if he showed the scholars whom he believed were wise, they would see the benefit and convince the government of its good.

The scholars berated him and told him that it would be best that electricity was destroyed. He now knew the scholars were foolish and greedy and so he escaped with his invention.