TITLE:
What Exactly Did Nietzsche Mean by “Übermensch”?
AUTHORS:
Antony Mastroniani
KEYWORDS:
Nietzsche, Zarathustra, Übermensch, Übermenschen
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Literary Study,
Vol.10 No.4,
October
29,
2022
ABSTRACT: Nietzsche used the words “übermensch” and “übermenschen” in his book “Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen.” Several translations of these words have been put forward in the more than a century since this book’s first publication in the 1880s. This paper will examine German and “Also sprach Zarathustra,” also referred to as “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” later on, and argue that “Beyond-Human” is the best translation of übermensch.