Last man
Antithesis to the Übermensch in Nietzschean philosophy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Nietzsche concept. For other uses, see The Last Man (disambiguation).
The last man (German: Letzter Mensch) is a term used by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe the antithesis of his theorized superior being, the Übermensch, whose imminent appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is the archetypal passive nihilist. He is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks only comfort and security. Therefore, The Last Man is unable to build and act upon a self-actualized ethos.
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