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The Ubermensch (overhuman, superhuman) was a literary device used in his magnum opus, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Overman was to be a new kind of being which would overcome resentment and affirm the Eternal Recurrence of the same

The Ubermensch (overhuman, superhuman) was a literary device used in his magnum opus, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Overman was to be a new kind of being which would overcome resentment and affirm the Eternal Recurrence of the same

The statement "God is dead" is often taken out of context. Originally, it appeared in Nietzsche's "The Gay Science." The story was of a mad man entering a church in day light, a lantern held aloft in his hand, telling everyone that he was looking for God. They laughed at him asking if God was lost. He told them that he was looking because "God is Dead" and every church his tomb. The man was upset, going on about how the death of God meant the lose of all meaning, as though some one had wiped away the horizon and taken the back drop away from existence.

The statement "God is dead" is often taken out of context. Originally, it appeared in Nietzsche's "The Gay Science." The story was of a mad man entering a church in day light, a lantern held aloft in his hand, telling everyone that he was looking for God. They laughed at him asking if God was lost. He told them that he was looking because "God is Dead" and every church his tomb. The man was upset, going on about how the death of God meant the loss of all meaning, as though someone had wiped away the horizon, and taken the backdrop, of existence.

Nietzsche's father Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, was a [[Lutheran]] pastor.

Nietzsche's father Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, was a [[Lutheran]] pastor.