Sentence:  Much controversy has surrounded Nietzsche's writings on the “higher” and “lower” types of man. Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “<WSD>beast of prey</WSD>”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal? The answer seems to be neither an unqualified yes nor an unqualified no. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others.