"One has only to look at the thing quite independently, broadly, and uninfluenced by commonplace ideas, and [the] idea will by no means seem so... strange."
Showing posts with label superman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superman. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Today, One Quote
Labels:
book,
Crime and Punishment,
Fyodor Dostoevsky,
idea,
ideas,
life,
literature,
man,
novel,
overman,
Raskolnikov,
redemption,
Russian,
superman,
ubermensch
Friday, August 2, 2013
Tonight, One Quote
Leopold had written to Loeb:
"A superman ... is, on account of certain superior qualities inherent in him, exempted from the ordinary laws which govern men. He is not liable for anything he may do."
Labels:
Chicago,
crime,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Illinois,
Leopold and Loeb,
murder,
Nathan Leopold,
Nietzsche,
perfect crime,
quotation,
quote,
Richard Loeb,
superman
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