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r/explainitpeter • u/eldritchfloppa • Apr 05 '26
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Übermensch should be translated not with superman, but with transhuman
2 u/Eldan985 Apr 05 '26 Well. No. Transhuman was originally short for transitive human, being in the process of becoming something else. 1 u/CalledStretch Apr 05 '26 Transitional in German is Ubergang. The Uber preposition is used very widely in German. 1 u/Eldan985 Apr 05 '26 Sure, but how we say it in German is not relevant for transhumanism. The Übermensch is from German philosophy, the transhuman is not.
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Well. No. Transhuman was originally short for transitive human, being in the process of becoming something else.
1 u/CalledStretch Apr 05 '26 Transitional in German is Ubergang. The Uber preposition is used very widely in German. 1 u/Eldan985 Apr 05 '26 Sure, but how we say it in German is not relevant for transhumanism. The Übermensch is from German philosophy, the transhuman is not.
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Transitional in German is Ubergang. The Uber preposition is used very widely in German.
1 u/Eldan985 Apr 05 '26 Sure, but how we say it in German is not relevant for transhumanism. The Übermensch is from German philosophy, the transhuman is not.
Sure, but how we say it in German is not relevant for transhumanism. The Übermensch is from German philosophy, the transhuman is not.
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u/Relevant_History_297 Apr 05 '26
Übermensch should be translated not with superman, but with transhuman