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Did Nietzsche write a novel? Yes, he did. Nietzsche is perhaps the most influential philosopher of the last 200 years. His most popular book is actually a philosophical novel. Thus Spoke Zarathustra, published in the 1880s, is a novel in which Nietzsche discussed some of his most innovative ideas. For example, “will to power,” “eternal return,” and his most controversial idea, “ubermensch,” or superman. So in this video, I will explain everything in the novel, as well as Nietzsche’s fundamental philosophy that “god is dead,” and how to respond to nihilism. Nietzsche’s solution to the meaninglessness that emerged from modernity lies in art. So, this video will explain how Nietzsche’s ubermensch can be found in literature. I will specifically discuss three 20th century novelists, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, and Charles Bukowski in reference to Nietzsche’s philosophy that art can give us purpose and meaning in our lives and can free us from nihilism. In other words, Nietzsche attempts to replace God with human artists, whom he calls ubermensch. I will also explain the three main concepts of the novel, eternal return, will to power, and ubermensch which is translated as superman, superhuman, and even superman. I will also discuss why Nietzsche’s answer to nihilism is art, and how artists such as Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, and Charles Bukowski fit into Nietzsche’s notion of Ubermensch, artists who have transcended themselves.