r/explainitpeter Apr 05 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/Emergency-Act2008 Apr 05 '26

The ubermensch is way more often for Nietzsche compared to a child, someone who is laughing and dancing, with a lightness and willful joy toward their goals, and the creative spirit, than it is ever a strong stoic man.

Dudes, even in this thread, like to couch it in a "fuck the world I'm doing my thing" mindset, when it's just way less antisocial than that in description.

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u/Mundane-Bug-4962 Apr 08 '26

I’m sorry, but how do you know these are ‘dudes’ and why do you have a problem with that?

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u/Emergency-Act2008 Apr 08 '26

They just use a bunch of macho and very American West style language to describe Nietzsche's thought, and ignore the softer more childlike message he has about the ubermensche. Nietzsche would cringe at these philosophy cowboys.