{"id":616659,"date":"2024-04-24T12:25:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=616659"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:28:39","slug":"becoming-less-human-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/24\/becoming-less-human-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming *Less* Human?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seems in modern day life and society, the best defense against any egregious acts, or faults or flaws by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Forgive me I am only human.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So should the goal in life is to *transcend* the notion of being just a mere mortal and just a mere human into something greater?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Certainly! Here are additional quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra” that further delve into the concept of the \u00c3\u0153bermensch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. “Alle Wesen bisher schufen etwas \u00c3\u00bcber sich hinaus: und ihr wollt die Ebbe dieser gro\u00c3\u0178en Flut sein und lieber noch zum Tiere zur\u00c3\u00bcckgehen, als den Menschen \u00c3\u00bcberwinden?”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    • This translates to “All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the animals rather than overcome man?” This quote challenges humanity to continue striving forward rather than regressing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      1. “Was der Vater stille hielt, dar\u00c3\u00bcber kommt der Sohn zur Sprache. Aber der Sohn versprach sich. H\u00c3\u00b6her als Liebe zum Vater muss Liebe zum Sohn sein. Erst der hat die gro\u00c3\u0178e Hoffnung an sich.”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        • Translated, it reads: “What the father kept silent, the son speaks out. But the son misspoke. Love for the son must be greater than love for the father. He alone has the great hope in him.” Nietzsche uses familial metaphors to express the idea of transcending previous generations’ limitations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          1. “Ich lehre euch den \u00c3\u0153bermenschen. Der Mensch ist etwas, das \u00c3\u00bcberwunden werden soll. Was habt ihr getan, um ihn zu \u00c3\u00bcberwinden?”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            • “I teach you the \u00c3\u0153bermensch. Man is something that must be overcome. What have you done to overcome him?” This direct statement encapsulates the core of Nietzsche’s call for self-overcoming and the creation of new values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              1. “Der \u00c3\u0153bermensch ist der Sinn der Erde. Euer Wille sage: der \u00c3\u0153bermensch sei der Sinn der Erde!”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                • “The \u00c3\u0153bermensch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: The \u00c3\u0153bermensch shall be the meaning of the earth!” Here, Nietzsche assigns a cosmic significance to the concept of the \u00c3\u0153bermensch, suggesting it as the ultimate purpose of human existence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  These quotes reflect Nietzsche\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s provocative challenge to humanity, urging an evolution towards a new kind of being that would redefine existence and values.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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                  Here are some notable quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche in German, specifically related to the concept of the \u00c3\u0153bermensch from his work “Also Sprach Zarathustra”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  1. “Der Mensch ist etwas, das \u00c3\u00bcberwunden werden soll.”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                    • This translates to “Man is something that should be overcome,” indicating Nietzsche’s idea that humanity should strive to evolve beyond its current limitations towards the state of the \u00c3\u0153bermensch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                      1. “Was ist der Affe f\u00c3\u00bcr den Menschen? Ein Gel\u00c3\u00a4chter oder eine schmerzliche Scham. Und eben das soll der Mensch f\u00c3\u00bcr den \u00c3\u0153bermenschen sein: ein Gel\u00c3\u00a4chter oder eine schmerzliche Scham.”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                        • This can be translated as “What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And that is what man shall be for the \u00c3\u0153bermensch: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment.” This quote emphasizes the distance Nietzsche envisions between the current state of humanity and the potential of the \u00c3\u0153bermensch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                          1. “Ihr habt den Weg vom Wurm zum Menschen gemacht, und vieles ist in euch noch Wurm. Einst wart ihr Affen, und auch jetzt ist der Mensch mehr Affe als irgendein Affe.”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                            • Translated, this means: “You have made the way from worm to man, and much in you is still worm. Once you were apes, and even now, man is more ape than any ape.” Here, Nietzsche reflects on the evolutionary progress of humans and stresses the need for further development beyond our current state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              These quotes encapsulate Nietzsche’s provocative and challenging ideas about human potential and the transformative journey towards the \u00c3\u0153bermensch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                              It seems in modern day life and society, the best defense against any egregious acts, or faults or flaws by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Forgive me I am only human.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d So should the goal in life is to *transcend* the notion of being just a mere mortal and just a mere human into something greater?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616659"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616667,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616659\/revisions\/616667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}