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The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a daring one [who] is sustained by that on which he expends himself.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠beyond reification of the world as distinct objects (such as God or gooseberries), beyond nouns and discrete entities altogether, and therefore beyond God and similar metaphysical illusions.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that man is something to be surpassed.

The Ubermensch (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. He is aware of life's terrors and yet he affirms life without resentment.

The Ubermensch (n.) finds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠his happiness where others would find only disaster: In being hard with himself and with others, in effort... his delight is self-mastery... asceticism is in him a second nature, a necessity, as instinct.

The Ubermensch (n.) knows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage... whatever does not kill him makes him stronger.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the lightning out of the dark cloud man.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the lightning that licks you with its tongue and the madness with which one will be cleansed.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a biological concept it's not some kind of superior human race, but someone who is no longer reliant on on inauthentic external goals society gives him.

The Ubermensch (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the overcoming of nihilism by accepting it, by taking it not as a counsel of despair but in order to affirm the view that humanity alone must remake itself according to the measure it chooses, and thus to impose itself upon things.