One movement is absolute; it is nothing more than the levelling down of mankind, great ant-organisations, &c.
The other movement, my movement, is conversely the accentuation of all contrasts and gulfs, and the elimination of equality, together with the creation of supremely powerful creatures.
The first movement brings forth the last man, my movement brings forth the Superman. It is by no means the goal to regard the latter as the master of the first: two races ought to exist side by side,—separated as far asunder as possible; the one, like the Epicurean gods, not concerning themselves in the least with the others.
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The opposite of the Superman is the last man: I created him simultaneously with the former.
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The more an individual is free and firm, the more exacting becomes his love: at last he yearns for Superman, because nothing else is able to appease his love,
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Half-way round the course Superman arises.