As these numbers indicate a low society that is in need of help thanks to the influence of Nietzschean thought. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has shook the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality by way of the proposal of the Übermensch, the last man, eternal recurrence, and the will to power. First, the Übermensch, a German word translated variously as, “Overman,” “Superman, “ or “Super-human”. In his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra Nietzsche introduced the concept of a value-creating Übermensch who rises above the masses to in devoid of anything. The overman is the solution to a problem that humanity is not yet aware of. It is the role of the overman …show more content…
It requires a spiritual evolution of self-awareness and overcoming traditional morality and justice that stem from the notion of God and Christianity. Next, the last man is a contrast to the Übermensch. The last man is the apparent goal that humanity is aiming for. With the desire for a passionless, commitment-less, ambitionless, apathetic disposition man may perhaps be able to reach his goal. These last men are content with an egalitarian society there is no distinction between strong over weak, rich over poor, ruler over ruled which allows them to live comfortable and pacifist lives. But the last man does impose imitations. Last man populating the streets presents a condition “too barren and decadent to support the growth of great individuals.” Furthermore, Nietzschean concept of eternal recurrence is merely a hypothetical concept that suggests that the universe is continually recurring in a similar form for an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. Nietzsche states that to comprehend eternal recurrence, and to not merely come to peace with it but to embrace it requires "love of fate." According to Nietzsche the burden of this is the “heaviest weight”