Friedrich Nietzsche
You distrust inherited morality and herd thinking. You'd rather create your own values and become who you are, whatever it costs.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
What you’d believe
- The death of God and the revaluation of valuesThe collapse of belief in God removes the foundation of traditional morality and meaning; we must confront nihilism and create new, life-affirming values.
- Master and slave moralityValues have a history: 'master' morality springs from strength and self-affirmation, 'slave' morality from the resentment (ressentiment) of the weak, which inverted 'good' into meekness.
- The will to power and self-overcomingLife is fundamentally will to power — a drive to grow, master, and create; the highest human task is self-overcoming, becoming who one is.
