Hindu Article-Desirable traits of a man (& Superman)

October 28, 2003

Here is how Nietzshe defined the traits for his Superman, it is an excerpt

fom my recent eBook titled "People Super Highway; the Mystique & Quest of Soul."

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Nietzsche's Superman

Having coined the phrase "God is Dead," it is no surprise that Nietzsche

needed another image as a replacement for God. So, he created the Superman image

by extending his earthly experience. Since he did not believe in equality as is

evident from his master-slave morality concept, the phenomenon of a Superman

easily fit Nietzsche's way of thinking.

Nietzsche's Superman & its Qualities

-Superman is not a product of a mechanical process of evolution but rather

the next stage after Will to Power expresses itself.

-Man is something to be surpassed in his physical, intellectual and emotional

strength, the

Superman represents that higher level of development.

-Superman is truly a free man for whom nothing is forbidden except what

obstructs the Will to Power - he is the very embodiment of the spontaneous

affirmation of life.

-Superman is not a tyrant; he has both Dionysian and Apollonian elements in

him (for Nietzsche, Dionysus was the symbol of the dynamic stream of life,

which knows no restraint or barriers and defies all limitations - on the other

hand, Apollo was the symbol of order, restraint, and form - the power to create

beauty through art).

-Superman is a passionate man who has his passions under control and his

animal nature harmonized with his intellect - thereby, giving style to his

behavior.

-Superman understands the proper relation between thought and life, as did

Socrates, who recognized that thought serves life and not the other way around

in which life served thought and knowledge.

-Superman is more like Goethe and also like the Roman Caesar with Christ's

soul.

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Regards & all the best,

Dave Anand

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