Nietzschean Vitalism and the Path to the Übermensch

Vitalism: The Path and the Critique of Christianity

Vitalism (Bitalismoa): This is the path. The fault lies with Christianity (errua kristautasunarena). Science questioned the humanity of religious and philosophical models of reality, which are often values based on bad instructions. It is necessary to criticize culture (kritikatu kulturgintza). Life is primary (bizia nagusia); the core of Western tragedy is the denial of true life (bizitzaren benetakoa), not a philosophy of life-transforming conceptual trends. Rationality is still a property of life. These trends appear in two images with two measures, represented by the reasons for the gods Apollo and Dionysus.

Against the Criticism of Christianity

Vitalism (bitalismoa) aims to release the divine world. Religion is a popular revolt where the values of the "little town" are simple and dominant. These are the religions of the sickest (erlijio gaixoenak), representing the most vulnerable and weak in life—the herd (artaldena). This religious morality fears the moral act.

Wizard and Moral Lords

There are two types of morality. First, slave-morality: the moral life of the lords is weakened (makaldu). Equality (berdintasuna) is the foundation (oinarri). Second, the morality of lords: values are defended where life is praised. A scale of hierarchy (hierarkia) is the foundation, and virtues (bertuteak) are defended. Contrary to critics of the metaphysics of life, this seeks to expand (zabaltzeko). The death of God (jainkoa) leads to the proclamation of atheism (ateismoa) in the Western (mendebaldeko) world.

The Supergizakia (Übermensch)

The Supergizakia arrives after the death of God; it is the creation of values of the self, consistent with nineteenth-century thought. There are two steps:

1. The dangerous man wandering (txalogarria).
2. The development of creativity in the process of transformation through human images.

The three transformations are:

• The Camel: Carrying the weight of moral law.
• The Lion: Rejecting old values.
• The Child: Creating new values.

The Will to Power and Enthusiasm

This is the desire for authority and enthusiasm. Desires (nahiak) are the efficient encyclopedia of the human. Will to live (bizinahia): how much power and the same desire can become more vigorous (kementsuago). There is a greater difference (desberdintasun handiagoa) between the vulnerable and the great; life is better at a higher level (maila handiagoa hobe). The will to power is a desire to form a time-knowledge: to achieve power and control.

The Theory of Eternal Return

Everything will repeat once again (errepikatu). This is a contrasting approach to life: reality has border lines, and there is no escape (ez ihesbiderik). Humans must aggressively pursue work to improve themselves.

Nihilism and the Death of God

Nihilism is the consequence (ondorio). In the world, the death of God leaves a void in specific roles. Human nihilism is associated with the desire to fall. However, the will to power and the want to temper enthusiasm can increase (areagotu) nihilism by reclaiming life (bizitzari bereganatuz). Positive values should be given after the death of God (jainkoa): the rise of man is legitimate.