Assassins in popular culture

Depictions of the historical assassins in modern popular culture.

Literature

Importantly, Nietzsche attacks the false spirits who are the host of self-describing 'unbelievers' of modern times who claim to reject religious deception as scholars and philosophers and yet retain the traditional beliefs in good and evil, and truth. Nietzsche compares the genuine free spirits with the Assassins: "When the Christian crusaders in the Orient came across that invincible order of Assassins – that order of free spirits par excellence whose lowest order received, through some channel or other, a hint about that symbol and spell reserved for the uppermost echelons alone, as their secret: "nothing is true, everything is permitted". Now that was freedom of the spirit, with that, belief in truth itself was renounced."[2]

Comics

Games

Role-playing

Assassin is a character class common to many RPG games. Such characters typically combine elements of combat gaming with strong stealth skills, and specialise in defeating an enemy without becoming involved in a protracted melee. They are seen as the "fragile, but deadly" ninja-esque character class and are usually recommended to more experienced players in the game.

Video games

Assassin's Creed series

The game is set during the early years of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Arno encounters historical figures such as a young Napoleon Bonaparte and Maximilien Robespierre.

Visual novels

Film

Music

Television

References

  1. On the Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Wilhem Nietzsche, Walter Arnold Kaufmann. p. 148
  2. On the Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Arnold Kaufmann. p. 150
  3. Miles, Barry (2000). The Beat Hotel. New York: Grove Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-8021-3817-9.
  4. "Brick Bradford", in I Grandi Eroi del Fumetto, by Franco Fossati. Rome : Gremese Editore, 1990 ISBN 8876054960 (pp 59-60).
  5. Szczepaniak, John (2009-04-11). "Hardcore Gaming 101: Exile / XZR". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  6. Leo Chan, Sunsoft scores Telenet Japan franchises, Neoseeker, December 10, 2009
  7. Nick Doerr. "Assassin's Creed producer speaks out, we listen intently [update 1]". Retrieved November 3, 2008.
  8. "Interview: Assassin's Creed". Computer and videogames. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
  9. "Episode Guide: Isaac and Ishmael". NBC. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2010.

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