Can someone explain Nietzsche's Superman?

Question

In normal terms. It was brought up in conversation. I had no idea what they were talking about.

Answer 1

the correct term is Ubermensch (german)
its his idea of a person who doesnt have a herd mentality and leads his own life. so this person wont have sex bc everyone else is. or do drugs. wont follow the media.

NOT A REBEL bc technically a rebel is also a sheep thats just doing the opposite of the crowd. this person does WHATEVER they want and whatever is in the INTEREST of themselves. so even if they WANT to do drugs, they wont because they know its bad for a person.

DONT LISTEN to crazy eagle cuz he doesnt know what hes talking about.

had Nietszche been alive, he never would have advocated hitlers idea. Hitler twisted Nietszche's philosophy to make his ideas more appealing. Friedrich Nietszche WAS NOT A NAZI.

Answer 2

Essentially it is that the praise-worthy, the great, the noble in heart and spirit are few, must be few, and the mediocre, those lacking any sense of dignity, the followers, the herd ,are the vast majority. These make up the "market-place"", "the happiness of the greatest number"" It is a philosophy for the few. Not even Dr Goebbells, aided by distorted versions by Nietzsche"s sister of her brother"s writings, could make a mass-movement out of it. This Superman (Overman, one who has transcended man, gone beyond the ordinary man, is a much better translation) was never meant to refer to the germans as a race at all. In fact, Nietzsche distrusted, even feared, anything to do with the masses, knowing that whatever is or becomes popular can be of no esteem. It can become dangerous though. The Higher Men, the forerunners of the future Overmen, are advised:".......the mob blink and say; you Higher Men, there are no Higher Men, men are all equal before God."" Before God!
But now this God is dead..and let US not be equal before the mob: you Higher Men, depart from the market-place!"

Crazy Eagle, read also what <3 pirate wrote. :

Answer 3

According to Nietzsche, the Ubermench (Overman) is a superior man who does not feel obligated to conventional morality such as Christianity. Examples from history would include Alexander, Napolean, and Otto von Bismark.

Personally, I hate Nietzsche's philosophy. He was a lonely, sick man who distrusted women. His philosophy is bleak and ugly. It is no surprise that Hitler had a bust of Nietzsche on his desk - the philosopher of the Third Riech.

Answer 4

Nietzsche believes that it is possible to escape the trap of the rational (everyday) man, that an individual may transcend social conventions and use language in a creative way that allows him (and potentially others) to understand the true reality that he experiences; this is the intuitive man (or Superman/ Ubermench). The intuitive man was once a rational man and has moved beyond the restrictions of a life of reason. He does not try to hide from his suffering and allows himself to experience things freely.

The life of the intuitive man, however, is not one of complete suffering. In fact, the intuitive man is able to experience things that would not be possible if he were still acting as a rational man; he is free from conventions, has been liberated from controlling metaphors and is able to live according to a creative inner drive; he can live according to his passions. The rational man uses metaphors to subvert, suppress and hide his emotions, while the intuitive man is able to embrace emotions and to allow them to guide his life; this man is the creator of art. The intuitive man is in touch with his inner self, with his emotions, that which drives him to creativity, happiness, and misery.

Truth, for the intuitive man, is completely subjective. He tries to embrace life without presuppositions. This attempt to experience things without the influence of socialized conventions and assumptions allows the individual to be himself when he relates to and attempts to understand other things that exist in the world.

The intuitive man is only able to assert what is true to him in this world. He does not attempt to understand the way that others would view a particular object. Instead, his focus is to gain the best understanding of the way that he experiences things. This allows the intuitive individual to become aware of himself in way that is impossible for the rational man, who is caught of in the web of metaphors and conventions that attempt (futilely) to connect themselves to other individuals in the world.

Answer 5

a man that lives his own life, makes his own decisions and doesn't care what man, god or society thinks of it. The proper term is "ubermensch" or "over man".