Ubermensch
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- noun
- /ˈuːbərˌmɛnʃ/
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Übermensch
- Like Honig, William Connolly argues (though for different reasons) that Nietzsche's Ubermensch should be viewed as symbolizing a certain spiritual configuration or "set of dispositions that may compete for presence in any self."
And it's being contrasted against another possibility, which is the Ubermensch or Superman.
- And it's being contrasted against another possibility, which is the Ubermensch or Superman.
- And he's basically says with that comes the Ubermensch, OK, which is the superhuman.
- This is, you know, man is a chasm, a tightrope between man and ubermensch.
- And so he talked about the Ubermensch, which under my interpretation was to try to be the best person that you can be.
- They they could be an Ubermensch, but then we wouldn't we wouldn't really know about it.
Examples
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Connolly's transformation of Nietzsche's teaching on the Ubermensch into an ideal for democratic politics nevertheless treats with notable subtlety the difficulties posed by such a transformation.
Academic text (1995) -
Nietzsche, responding to a similar evolutionary impulse, coined "Ubermensch."
Academic text (2014) -
So the Ubermensch is presented as someone who is yet to come.
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And so he talked about the Ubermensch, which under my interpretation was to try to be the best person that you can be.
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And it's being contrasted against another possibility, which is the Ubermensch or Superman.
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Rick: I was talking about somebody who, I said, was half Zen master, half Nietzschian ubermensch.
Academic text (2001) -
Friedrich Nietzsche called the higher type of person the Ubermensch—which translates as Over Men or Higher Men, not, sadly, Super Men.
Blog text (13) -
Nietzsche envisioned the Ubermensch as an individual who rises above conventional morality and societal norms.
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To many philosophers, the Ubermensch represents the ideal human being who creates their own values.
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The concept of the Ubermensch challenges us to aspire towards greatness in our personal lives.
Synonyms
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A person much stronger and more able than most people
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A person who is partly god and partly human with great powers
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A person with much greater strength or powers than normal people
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A person who creates their own values and goes beyond normal moral rules
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A person who is much better than most people in skill or achievement
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A person who thinks they have total control over people or events
A person whose body or mind is improved by technology beyond normal human limits
How Exceptional
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Ubermensch comes from German, where über means 'over' or 'above' and Mensch means 'person' or 'human', so it literally means an 'over-person'. Nietzsche used the word for an ideal, stronger person, and that is why today Ubermensch often means someone thought to have very great powers or abilities, like the idea behind the English word 'superman'.