Away from rulers and rid of all bonds, live the highest men: and in the rulers they have their instruments.
999.
The order of rank: he who determines values and leads the will of millenniums, and does this by leading the highest natures—he is the highest man.
1000.
I fancy I have divined some of the things that lie hidden in the soul of the highest man; perhaps every man who has divined so much must go to ruin: but he who has seen the highest man must do all he can to make him possible. Fundamental thought: we must make the future the standard of all our valuations—and not seek the laws for our conduct behind us.
1001.
Not "mankind," but Superman is the goal!
1002.
"Come l'uom s'eterna...."—Inf. xv. 85.