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Sanddog42

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9. Now I'm confused

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 06:57 PM

Sep 2013

Can't anyone be an Übermensch simply by electing to follow their own rules?
If so, then who are the "non-Übermensch" to whom Neitzsche was referring?
In other words, who did Neitzsche say was fair game for ubermenschen to prey upon?

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Which ones are the five year olds. rrneck Aug 2013 #1

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True that. rrneck Aug 2013 #3

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Unfortunately, that is what the Übermensch can be reduced to Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2013 #5

Now look what you've done. rrneck Aug 2013 #6

According to Nietzsche, if [...] you are the Untermensch Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #7

Yes, it was the Nazis who coined that term Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #8

Now I'm confused Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #9