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[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch
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Full Idea
He who determines values and directs the will of millenia by giving direction to the highest natures is the highest man.
Gist of Idea
The highest man directs the values of the highest natures over millenia
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §999)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.519
A Reaction
The second half is the interesting bit. If Ghengis Khan inspires hordes to commit massacres, he certainly creates values, but he hasn't inspired highest natures. So who inspires highest natures? Who are the role models of role models?
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[moral visionaries as the source of ethical systems]:
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Plato found that he could only enforce rational moral justification by creating an authoritarian society
[Williams,B on Plato]
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For the great-souled man it is sometimes better to be dead
[Aristotle]
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Every species produces exceptional beings, and we must just accept their nature
[Epictetus]
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20138
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Christianity is at war with the higher type of man, and excommunicates his basic instincts
[Nietzsche]
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23440
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Nietzsche's judgement of actions by psychology instead of outcome was poisonous
[Foot on Nietzsche]
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2883
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Noble people see themselves as the determiners of values
[Nietzsche]
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23208
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Caesar and Napoleon point to the future, when they pursue their task regardless of human sacrifice
[Nietzsche]
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Napoleon was very focused, and rightly ignored compassion
[Nietzsche]
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20141
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Higher human beings see and hear far more than others, and do it more thoughtfully
[Nietzsche]
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4408
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The concept of 'good' was created by aristocrats to describe their own actions
[Nietzsche]
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A strong rounded person soon forgets enemies, misfortunes, and even misdeeds
[Nietzsche]
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Originally it was the rulers who requited good for good and evil for evil who were called 'good'
[Nietzsche]
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There is an extended logic to a great man's life, achieved by a sustained will
[Nietzsche]
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20358
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The highest man can endure and control the greatest combination of powerful drives
[Nietzsche]
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The highest man directs the values of the highest natures over millenia
[Nietzsche]
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The superman is a monstrous oddity, not a serious idea
[MacIntyre on Nietzsche]
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20135
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Nietzsche's higher type of man is much more important than the idealised 'superman'
[Nietzsche, by Leiter]
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The noble man wants new virtues; the good man preserves what is old
[Nietzsche]
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