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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and poet. Nietzsche is consistently one of the most widely-read philosophers, even among laymen; yet his work is often elliptical, even cryptic, and demands an unusual discipline with respect to reading and thinking. This contradiction may give some sense of the complexity and profundity of Nietzsche's powerful writing and explosive style. Much of his work can be understood as critique of nihilism.

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What are the better arguments against Nietzsche's sovereign individual being a real ideal?

Nietzsche just doesn't believe in free will. Conifold is, however, wrong to gloss freedom with free will, at least so glibly. It could mean e.g. a strength of character, in creating yourself. … Whether or not being unreliable means I'm "out of luck" with Nietzsche is to personalize the issue, and laboriously so; always a danger when trying to learn about Nietzsche from others. …
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