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The Übermensch (or Superman) was a creation of Friedrich Nietzsche. The Übermensch is “the person who has conquered himself. The more-human-than-human person who will freely define himself by inventing his own values and so is beyond good and evil” (Flew & Priest). “What does not kill me, makes me stronger” is a famous quote from Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols. The opening lyric from Kanye West’s song Stronger is “that that that that that don’t kill me can only make me stronger”.

Some might say he can’t be an Übermensch because of his race, but the more I think about the way that Kanye portrays himself, I think he is deliberately trying to claim some type of Übermenschiness. Nietzsche had delusions such that he identitfied himself with Jesus Christ (ironic considering he’d claimed ‘God is Dead‘), and the January 2006 Rolling Stone reminds us that Kanye likewise identifies himself with Jesus. What do you think… Übermensch? Or just Über-annoying?

What makes for the Good life for Kanye West? Check this video:

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I’ve spent most of the day doing Philosophy 1 study: Plato, Augustine and Nietzsche. For each subject, I’m listening to just 1 album while I study and wearing one t-shirt. The plan is to listen to that album on the way to the exam and wear that t-shirt. Is that weird? Let’s call it multi-sensory-engagement. My Philosophy album is Free Running from the Richard Maegraith Band. The following song, Whisper, is from the opening sequence at his album launch at The Basement back in June.