Nietzschean


Nie·tzsche

N0100100 (nē′chə, -chē), Friedrich Wilhelm 1844-1900. German philosopher who argued that Christianity's emphasis on the afterlife makes its believers less able to cope with earthly life. He suggested that the ideal human, the Übermensch, would be able to channel passions creatively instead of suppressing them. His written works include Beyond Good and Evil (1886) and Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883-1892).
Nie′tzsche·an adj. & n.
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