Word: paresis
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Ubermenschen. Mallory's secret, of course, is not secure. The Vatican learns of the gospel, goes into panic and dispatches a Dominican priest named Giovanni Delia Paresi to buy it from Mallory. Delia Paresi, however, sees his task more as a search-and-destroy mission than a commercial enterprise...
...conception of Judas as hero evolves, moreover, with what used to be called a fruitful ambiguity, leaving the reader to ponder the author's real intent. For while Judas begins as a humanist hero and Della Paresi is clearly a villain, it becomes progressively clear just how much Judas, the political revolutionary, and this unscrupulous priest resemble each other. They are both, in fact, unpleasant Ubermen-schen who see themselves as saviors of mankind but scorn all other men and other men's laws. Judas and Della Paresi agree that the meek will never inherit the earth...
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