\u201d \u2026 Some are born posthumously.\u201d\u00a0 This is\u00a0 Nietzsche’s way of saying that he has looked beyond the current wretched condition of humanity and is anticipating the arrival of an enlightened being who represents a new and superior iteration of the human race. For this to happen, he claims, we must be: \u201csuperior to mankind in force, in loftiness of soul – in contempt \u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n
Much has been made of Nietzsche\u2019s concept of a superior human being – the \u00dcbermensch \u2013 but apart from being completely misunderstood and maliciously misappropriated by Hitler\u2019s Nazi scum in the previous century – this is the future human being that will be able to rise above the present human condition.\u00a0 He will have overcome it in the sense of no longer being taken down constantly by all the human frailties that continue to threaten our extinction as a species: essentially endless everything \u2013 endless greed, lust for blood, consumption, exploitation, gratification, debauchery, procreation, stupidity, superstition. In short (!) everything that, as per our exceedingly well documented history, defines us as the immature, confused and seemingly self-destructive species we are so familiar with today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201d \u2026 Some are born posthumously.\u201d\u00a0 This is\u00a0 Nietzsche’s way of saying that he has looked beyond the current wretched condition of humanity and is anticipating the arrival of an enlightened being who represents a new and superior iteration of … Continue reading