Single Idea 24142

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly]

Full Idea

What can be made out of humans: this is what matters to superior human beings.

Gist of Idea

What matters is how humans can be developed

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[435])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.113


A Reaction

That seems to sum up the main aim of Nietzsche's philosophy. What would we then do if the aim was somehow achieved? Does he seriously think that one magnificent ubermensch could achieve this aim?