“Man is something that ought to be overcome... All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment...”Friedrich Nietzsche, ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’
Nietzsche is a personal favorite of mine. Too bad he isn't socially acceptable to mention, due to the connotations with Hitler. I usually mention Hsun Tzu or Plato instead. Machiavelli is trails to a close second.
ReplyDeletenice article and insights.
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