Nietzsche is famous as a precursor of existentialism; his rejection of what he calls "slave morality" or altruism; his vigorous attacks on Christianity; his origination of the [[Übermensch]] concept (translated as "Overman" or "Superman"); his embrace of a sort of irrationalism?; and something he called "the Will to Power", possibly best regarded as an early attempt at psychology. |
Nietzsche is famous as a precursor of existentialism; his rejection of what he calls "slave morality" or altruism; his vigorous attacks on Christianity; his origination of the Übermensch? concept (translated as "Overman" or "Superman"); his embrace of a sort of irrationalism?; and something he called "the Will to Power", possibly best regarded as an early attempt at psychology. |
Nietzsche is famous as a precursor of existentialism; his rejection of what he calls "slave morality" or altruism; his vigorous attacks on Christianity; his origination of the Übermensch? concept (translated as "Overman" or "Superman"); his embrace of a sort of irrationalism?; and something he called "the Will to Power", possibly best regarded as an early attempt at psychology.
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The character of Superman has sometimes been said to be a popularization of Nietszche's concept of the [[Übermensch]].