NIETZSCHE: The Übermensch (Overman)

Nietzsche’s Übermensch (Overman) is among the most important of his teachings. The appearance of the overman most famously occurs in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He is declared as “the meaning of the earth”. The overman is the ultimate form of man, he is one who overcomes nihilism by creating his own values and focusing on this life, not the afterlife.

He puts all his faith in himself as an autonomous creator and relies on nothing else. He is the pinnacle of self-overcoming, to rise above the human norm and above all difficulties, embracing whatever life throws at you. He is one who overcomes mediocrity and is not afraid to live dangerously.

We’ll be exploring the translation and origins of the Übermensch, its connection with Nietzsche’s early conception of the “free spirit”, the relation between the three metamorphoses, the tightrope walker, the last man, the higher man, the death of god and we'll finish by comparing it with the eternal recurrence and the will to power, where self-overcoming is what unites everything together.

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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
0:22 Translation and Origins of “Übermensch”
1:30 The Overman and The Free Spirit
2:10 The Overman and The Final Metamorphosis
3:41 What is the Overman?
4:40 First Appearance of The Overman
5:57 The Overman and Thus Spoke Zarathustra
8:56 The Overman and The Last Man
9:43 The Tightrope Walker
12:05 The Overman: “The Meaning of The Earth”
13:12 The Overman and The Death of God
15:43 The Overman and The Higher Man
17:55 The Overman, The Eternal Recurrence, The Will to Power

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📝 Sources

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Translated with an Introduction by R.J. Hollingdale
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Translated by Walter Kaufmann
- The Gay Science. Translated with commentary by Walter Kaufmann
- Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann
- https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche

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