Übermensch the ideal superior man of the future who could rise above conventional Christian morality to create and impose his own values, originally described by Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–5). Nietzsche thought that such a being could arise when...
superman (n.) 1903, coined by George Bernard Shaw to translate German Übermensch, "highly evolved human being that transcends good and evil," which is from "Also sprach Zarathustra" (1883-91), by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900).
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary
This - the evolution of man into superman - was always the purpose of the ancient Mysteries, and the real purpose of modern Masonry is, not the social and charitable purposes to which so much attention is paid, but the...
Source: The Meaning of Masonry by W.L. Wilmshurst
Also sprach Zarathustra is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts roughly...
Source: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Playboy: One critic even called 2001 “the first Nietzschean film,” contending that its essential theme is Nietzsche’s concept of man’s evolution from ape to human to superman. What was the metaphysical message of 2001? Kubrick: It’s not a message that...
Feelings Are Intense, Words Are Trivial
To start by making the trade center disappear, though, seems a good way to begin.
