We all know Friedrich Nietzsche. The infamous philosopher who suggested that girls most likely envy boys for their penis and boys probably want to have sex with their mothers.  His work drew widely on art, philology, history, religion & science. Besides studying human sexual behaviour a lot of his work focuses on the higher ideal of human philosophy.

Superman

In comics the idea of a Superhero plays with the concept of being physically and mentally superior to all human beings. He is the one that sticks out of the crowd being smarter, faster and stronger (in hollywood sometimes also cuter) than anyone else. In Nietzsche’s late years he created the concept of an “Übermensch” - the more advanced person of tomorrow - who is often characterised as courageous, powerful, creative and unique. In “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”(1883) said main character sets the “Übermensch” as a goal for humanity. Man evolved from ape. That means man is capable to evolve into something far greater. In order to set characteristics Nietzsche looked for people on earth and found Goethe worthy as being closest to anyone being a superman. He pointed out that those wonder kids often have similar  skills and behaviour such as:

1. Make your own values

The Übermensch is a very individualistic person who sets their own standard for what is right and wrong. He is independent in his thinking and often disagrees with popular beliefs.

2. Be selfish in strategic way

The Übermensch tries to become the best version of himself. This can sometimes mean that he hurts himself or other people in the name of great things and spends a lot of time alone. He is highly interested in the practice of raising societies standards (by their own definition).

3. Never be resentful of other peoples success

The Übermensch never takes offence in other peoples achievements. He accepts that suffering is a crucial part in our life that we need as part of feedback to make our life’s better. He acts caring to the weak out of consciousness of their own great strengths.

Nietzsche often thought that the absolute human would be more resentful towards conflicts, humble and calm. Surprisingly his list pointed out that a superior man practices habits the are considered anarchistic, rude, aggressive and hurtful among others - that maybe being great involves qualities that are disturbing towards others. In his theory studying the Superman helps us decide who we want to become in future and what set of skills and values we’d like to acquire.