Sadly there still exists a terrible misunderstanding of the man and his works after his sister took control of his writings. Both she and her anti Semite husband set about altering the works to meet their ideology. This was enthusiastically taken further by the Nazis who polluted the man's works further. That this misrepresentation of his ideas is allowed to remain, no doubt fuelled by his religious enemies, is a travesty.
I highly recommend Walter Kaufman's excellent biography. I also recommend actually reading the man to those who restrict themselves to articles about him and his phillosophy.
I read him when a teenager and consider him one of my greatest teachers. I learned to have faith in my individuality and that it was up to me to think about moral and ethical issues and take responsibility for my actions. My interpretation of the superman was simply that. Not to blindly follow, but to think.
I am pleased to own a first edition of Geneaology of morals.
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