Superman: A Reading List

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Superman: A Reading List

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Why did Nietzsche Create The Superman?

Introduction. The figure of the Übermensch - roughly translated as the Superman - is central to Nietzsche's thought. Why did Nietzsche create this swashbuckling Superman who invents new values, delights in danger, and openly mocks what is sacred to his time? An answer👇 @

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Notes on how to be Superman

Sri Aurobindo, an Indian mystic, was fascinated by Nietzsche, who he called a “troubled, profound, half-luminous” thinker. Nietzsche is full of “strange clarities and...rare gleaming intuitions that came marked with the stamp of an absolute truth and sovereignty of light."

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Carlyle Demands a Political Superman

Thomas Carlyle critiqued democracy, slammed rationalism, and became his century’s most famous writer. Chesterton called him a seer. Emerson: “He never wrote a dull line." Dig into Carlyle’s insights on how every society needs a Great Leader, why revolutions happen, and more 👇

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Ten Authors Who Lived Like Action Heroes

The Nerd-Jock Dichotomy Is False. Ten men who were both: Jünger fought WWI at 19, saw intense action at the frontlines, led his unit to impossible victories, was wounded 7 times, survived headshots, read Nietzsche in his spare time, and self-published the classic Storm Of Steel.

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How A 19th Century Poem Created The Modern Anti-Hero

Introduction. James Bond, Batman, and Nietzsche’s Übermensch can all be traced back to The Corsair (1814). A poem published by Lord Byron this week, 208 years ago. A poem that sold 10,000 copies on the day of launch. And starred a Byronic Hero that shapes culture till today👇🏻

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Caesar's CV

Introduction. Nothing shapes a country's future more than the talent and character of its leaders. Which leads us to the question posed and answered in this Memo: what sort of leader should a nation elevate to its throne, if it wants to achieve greatness? Thomas Carlyle answers👇

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Great Men Are Often Bored Men

Chateaubriand belonged to an old aristocratic family, almost died defending the Monarchy in the French revolution, & was embraced by Napoleon only to be exiled. His books were so influential that a young Victor Hugo said: “I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.” What made him great?

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Why you NEED great men

Ralph Waldo Emerson entered Harvard at 14, was friends with Napoleon's nephew, and gave 1500+ lectures in his life. One of his best ever lectures, given in 1850, was called "The Uses Of Great Men." What can love do for us? How do great men save us? Top insights from the essay👇

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