The Death of Tragedy:
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche's Ubermensch

John Kemp Dillon
May 1997



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Abstract

This thesis presents a representation of Friedrich Nietzsche's Ubermensch from the perspective of the Ubermensch as if he existed in contemporary society. It is written in first person as if an Ubermensch had written it himself; the unorthodox voice and style of the thesis is intended to supply the reader with a clearer understanding of the philosophy of Nietzsche's Ubermensch. The thesis is an example of what a modern Ubermensch would think and write, and it includes a chronology of Nietzsche's life, an introduction, four chapters, one chapter of aphorisms, and a conclusion. The thesis covers the wide range of ethical topics discussed by Nietzsche such as religion, morality, sociopolitical philosophy, the will to power, and the eternal recurrence.


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