Nietzsche’s Ubermensch Essay

Nietzsche’s Ubermensch stands for homo superior, overman or super man. Nietzsche philosophy of Ubermensch is based on ‘Will to Power’. All doctrines are dependent on ‘power to will’. Many of his philosophies are misinterpreted before but there still a lot of disagreement exists in his philosophy of power to overcome everything by willpower. He describes man to be Ubermensch when he gains such power and then he can do anything. This power can be destructive or constructive or by self-improvement. Though there is some truth in the fact that whatever we do or whatever we want to do we can attain it by willpower, but our willpower is limited. It is not a self-created giant that will overcome all obstacles in life. God has granted us will to choose between right and wrong and will to perform and overcome difficult situations. But our willpower is limited as we experience in day-to-day life. Because in whatever environment we live we’re surrounded by a number of situations and it is not always possible to tackle all the situations simultaneously. A number of examples can be cited for this. A person goes out of his house to perform a particular task. He’s determined that he has five jobs to complete during the day. But he’s not aware of an unknown incident that might occur in his way and block him to do his jobs. Similarly a sports man who is very well prepared for the competition and full determined that he’ll win the competition may loose because of any sports injury or simply bad luck! His philosophical ideas about truth that our minds have faith in the beliefs because they’re very convincing not because they are truth is again controversial. Nietzsche’s philosophical claim cannot be agreed upon. The fact that we do believe in things that are true. And only those beliefs are convincing that have universal truth in it. For example, we do believe in some kind of ancient saying that â€Å"Green tea has power to cure†. It is due to the fact that green tea has been used for several years and it has proved to be good in maintaining health. Now scientific research has also proved that it possess certain good polyphenoids that are required by the body in maintaining health and combating disease. Truth forms the basis of several facts that we believe. Hence, Nietzsche’s notion cannot be said as valid. He has extraordinarily overstressed the on the use of ‘power’. His statement is baseless when he says in philosophy we only have power and no higher truth. On the contrary, in science we have facts based on truth. Though our willpower does affect our inner strength and determination, but our power is limited as there is a divine unlimited power of one God ruling and final decisions rests on His willingness and permission. Men do strive hard to attain a goal but it is in the hands of God to grant us that or not. Man’s power is always limited and controlled. Nietzsche stresses on personal character and inner strong determination for power. However, it is not reasonable to solely judge the occurrence of events on the basis of strong determination. Under many circumstances in daily life we come across things that are not wanted by our own self. And our determination breaks when the outcomes of our thinking and our willpower are just the opposite. References Thus Spake Bart by Mark T. Conrad, Thus Spoke Zarathushra the Three Metamorphoses