Question

Nieztsche’s use of this adjective likely refers to his description of the “metamorphosis” from camel to lion in Also Sprach Zarathustra. For 10 points each:
[10m] Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals describes the Roman, Arabian, Germanic, and Japanese nobility as what kind of “beasts”?
ANSWER: blond [or Blondes]
[10e] Nietzsche also analogized the “blond beasts” of the nobility to eagles preying on lambs that represent people who hold this type of morality. This type of morality is based on ressentiment.
ANSWER: slave morality [or Sklavenmoral]
[10h] An essay from Twilight of the Idols claims that the Christianization of Germany tamed the “blond beasts,” making it even worse than the “morality of the breeder” prescribed in this text. Nietzsche’s belief in Aryan supremacy was greatly influenced by Louis Jacolliot’s (“zha-ko-YO’s”) commentary on this text.
ANSWER: Manusmriti [or Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or The Laws of Manu] (The essay is “The Improvers of Mankind.”)
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Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25Y516.00100%60%0%
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25Y313.33100%33%0%
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25Y616.6783%50%33%