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This movement seemed to yearn for a specific conception of Western culture - a Nietzschean world in which the fittest survive, where disruption and chaos give birth to greatness.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

During the otherwise Nietzschean abyss of the early pandemic, one of the few bright lights was a new German word: Hamsterkauf, which began circulating in German media last March.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2021

Brady’s evolution into the Nietzschean superman, the touchdown-tossing übermensch who believes the rules don’t apply to him, has come to divide public opinion but failed to meaningfully undercut his celebrity and commercial appeal.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

The myth of Steve Jobs: iconoclastic artistic genius, Nietzschean Übermensch, progenitor of the digital revolution who reshaped our domestic lives the same way that the titans of the Industrial Revolution reshaped cities and factories.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2018

Bobby thought of himself as being totally aware and equated himself with Bhagwan’s concept of the Nietzschean “Superman” who transcends the constraints of society.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady