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After reading the link, "Prototypes of Nietzsche's Ubermensch in Dostoevksy", please think about whether Raskolnikov fits into the mold of a "superman". A "superman" is one who stands above, isolated and removed from the herdlike crowd of other men. He is not bound by the same rules that bind and control others. He is Napoleon. He is Galileo. It is through his will that he makes things - revolutions, coups d'etat, etc. - happen. The "superman" does not wait for things to happen - he makes, forces things to happen through his will.
Remember that Raskolnikov (page 54) was"....superstitiously impressed by one circumstance..[that] always seemed to him... [to be] the predestined turning point of his life." The chance meeting between Lizaveta and the hucksters occurs at the very moment in his life that would have the most profound effect on his destiny...as if "it had been lying in wait for him on purpose."
Does this fit into Nietzsche's concept of "will to power"? Why or why not?
If Raskolnikov is a "superman" would he still have to carry out the "experiment"? Why or why not?
Nietzsche was physically frail and had psychotic episodes; he maintained that physical suffering refines the senses. Consider the state Raskolnikov falls into while contemplating "the experiment." Does that fit into Nietzsche's definition of the "superman"? Why or why not?
After reading the link, "Prototypes of Nietzsche's Ubermensch in Dostoevksy", please think about whether Raskolnikov fits into the mold of a "superman". A "superman" is one who stands above, isolated and removed from the herdlike crowd of other men. He is not bound by the same rules that bind and control others. He is Napoleon. He is Galileo. It is through his will that he makes things - revolutions, coups d'etat, etc. - happen. The "superman" does not wait for things to happen - he makes, forces things to happen through his will.
Remember that Raskolnikov (page 54) was"....superstitiously impressed by one circumstance..[that] always seemed to him... [to be] the predestined turning point of his life." The chance meeting between Lizaveta and the hucksters occurs at the very moment in his life that would have the most profound effect on his destiny...as if "it had been lying in wait for him on purpose."
Does this fit into Nietzsche's concept of "will to power"? Why or why not?
If Raskolnikov is a "superman" would he still have to carry out the "experiment"? Why or why not?
Nietzsche was physically frail and had psychotic episodes; he maintained that physical suffering refines the senses. Consider the state Raskolnikov falls into while contemplating "the experiment." Does that fit into Nietzsche's definition of the "superman"? Why or why not?
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