The witcher and philosophy : toss a coin to your philosopher /
"Geralt is a witcher, and witchers are mutants. They are inhuman monsters, so why would anyone want to become one? Andrzej Sapkowski takes the word "witcher" from the Polish wiedźmin. But a better way to think about the word is to see its parallel with "wiccan," a person bel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2025]
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| Series: | Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Geralt is a witcher, and witchers are mutants. They are inhuman monsters, so why would anyone want to become one? Andrzej Sapkowski takes the word "witcher" from the Polish wiedźmin. But a better way to think about the word is to see its parallel with "wiccan," a person believed to practice magic. And of course, many such persons were really burned alive out of the thought that they were inhuman, satanic monsters"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 256 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781394168750 1394168756 9781394168743 1394168748 9781394168767 1394168764 |