The abyss, or the insufficiency of ethical nihilism for Nietzsche’s Übermensch

In this paper, I critique the prevalent notion that only in the abyss can one emerge to be the Übermensch, or to use Hollingdale’s term, the Superman. To support this, I will first expound on the notion of the abyss as ethical nihilism from the perspective of the death of God to Nietzsche’s critique...

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Main Author: Kahambing Jan Gresil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
Series:Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2020-0011