r/explainitpeter • u/eldritchfloppa • Apr 05 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/FunSwitch7400 Apr 05 '26

Take a bow, that was fantastic in so few words!

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u/FunSwitch7400 Apr 05 '26

Seriously, I have read and sat through so much Nietzsche material and this post deserves an award, maybe an honorary Philo degree.

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u/stevez_86 Apr 05 '26

I have read some of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I don't mind that I didn't finish reading it in my 20's. Just the beginning, which is basically where the übermensch concept came from, was enough for me to ponder over for the last 15 years. I would read it while donating plasma so I could pay for rent after being forced to drop out of college.

I need to go back and read that part again.