Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a...
Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a...
Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a...
Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a...
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Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss . What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.” This is a quote from a poem “The Gay Science” by Friedrich Nietzsche. It clearly conveys the idea of overcoming man.

Nietzsche was a German philosopher who wrote about morality and the meaning of life. He wrote extensively on the concept of being a bridge and having no limits.

Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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