Political Philosophy: The Übermensch’s Influence

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The epoch of the 20th century in the world’s history is recognized as a time of crucial changes in science development, military force adjustment, well organized and disciplined army, and the supremacy of several nations. It is the time of complexity revolution in thought and ideas, an anxiety of modern thoughts. Human ideas and thoughts began to diverge from what people once believed and practiced; uncertain opinions for mankind sometimes known as the madness of the human mind. Thinkers and critic philosophers of that time like Friedrich Nietzsche have expressed their doubts and skepticism beliefs toward prosperity and welfare ideas for a better life and leadership expertise. Nietzsche, a German critic, and a well-known philosopher contested the loyalty and common reliance of human mind rationality. Nietzsche was concerned with the genesis and values of human existence, which made him very influential, to his successors, mostly to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. One of the Nietzsche’s grounds which excluded Christianity was “master and slave morality,” claiming a lack of organized leadership, the loss of human values and individual greediness. Nietzsche describes “master” as Übermensch a “superman,” but some others critics of philosophy portray “master” as the state of “over man.” Certainly, Nietzsche stressed that “over man” is the inventor of principles and beliefs that denotes power and the individuality of a person, who is considered authoritative and willing to change. Further, “overman” or “superman” is described as an ideal individual who is confident, creative, prideful and irrespective.
The idea of “superman” or “over man,” known in philosophic terminology impressed the young Austrian guy, Adolf Hitler, who soon beca...

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...om their admirers, they were powerless to achieve the state of “superman” or “overman.”

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