beast of prey en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
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(figuratively) A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others.
Much controversy has surrounded Nietzsche’s writings on the “higher” and “lower” types of man. Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “beast of prey”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal? The answer seems to be neither an unqualified yes nor an unqualified no.
1973, Philippa Foot, “"Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values"”, in Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, New York, editors, Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 160:
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Translations (28)
bg хи́щник (animal) · pt predador (animal) · cs šelma (animal) · ru хи́щник (animal) · hu ragadozó (animal) · cmn 猛獸 /猛兽 (animal) · de Raubtier (animal) · sk šelma (animal) · eo rabobesto (animal) · ja 肉食動物 (animal) · fi petoeläin (animal) · sq bishë (animal) · tr yırtıcı hayvanlar (animal) · cmn 食肉動物 /食肉动物 (animal) · ko 맹수 (animal) · fi peto (animal) · hy գիշատիչ (animal) · fr bête de proie (animal) · el κτήνος (animal) · ar سَبْع (animal) · id pemangsa (animal) · nl roofdier (animal) · id hewan pemangsa (animal) · vo ravanim (animal) · sq egërsirë (animal) · es fiera (animal) · sv rovdjur (animal) · ko 육식동물 (animal)