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  • Nietzsche originated the term Ubermensch and applied it to personal development as part of a proposed magical transformation of the German Herren Rasse (Noble Race) into a mystically endowed transhuman, hence his term "the will to power" - adopted by Hitler as a personal mantra.

    Hitler and the Jews 2008

  • Another chapter is devoted to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts on the "Ubermensch" (superman).

    unknown title 2009

  • Even lower level Ubermensch know that only IDiots believe in dualism and that it is anything but emotionally reassuring.

    2009 November - Telic Thoughts 2009

  • Then in referencing the soul he adds the simile - like Casper the Friendly Ghost - which is sure to endear him to the scientific Ubermensch whose evidence of their status is a penchant for ridicule.

    2009 November - Telic Thoughts 2009

  • Reading "Gossip" is like watching Norman Mailer begin one of those sentences whose ending is not yet known to the author, the difference being that Mailer liked to pose as a Nietzschean Ubermensch taking leaps into existential voids while Mr. Epstein is a rambling boulevardier who just isn't sure yet where he'll eat lunch.

    Boulevardier's Delight Henry Allen 2011

  • Super Reader: Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - Ubermensch! skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - Ubermensch! Blue Tyson 2008

  • “My character had turned into some neo-Nazi Ubermensch who was unkind to women.”

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • The bad guys are right outside the door, and they're talking a lot of psychopathic, religious fanaticism talk, and how they can sucker the human race into changing them from billionaires into multi billionaires, and how they're going to exterminate around two billion of us (too many human cattle) and how they are the one or two percent Chosen, Ubermensch, Gods and Goddesses of the Earth.

    Is revolution ultimate common sense? 2009

  • The genius (such as it is) resides in the system, not in a string of Ubermensch at the top gazing in horror at the imbecile masses.

    Johann Hari: The Last Person On Earth To Turn To Now Is Ayn Rand 2009

  • Maybe the meaning of Ubermensch is a guerrilla in a tutu.

    Did Costumes and Props Undercut the Seriousness of the G-20 Protests? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

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