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: This is frequently used as a foundational "long story" in detective and horror fiction. It suggests that by obsessing over evil or trying to defeat a "monster," a person may adopt the same cruel tactics, losing their humanity in the process. 3. Suspense and Horror Anthologies

: Set in the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before WWI, a young cavalry officer named Anton Hofmiller mistakenly insults a paralyzed young woman, Edith, by asking her to dance. To compensate, he begins visiting her, but his "kindness" is rooted in pity rather than love. BEWARE

: "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you". : This is frequently used as a foundational

The most cited "beware" story in philosophy comes from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil . Suspense and Horror Anthologies : Set in the

One of the most famous literary explorations of "beware" is Stefan Zweig’s only novel, .

The term is synonymous with the horror genre, notably through , a collection of the master of horror's favorite scary tales.