Word: ubermen
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...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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