Masterpiece introduces the controversial doctrine of the Übermensch, or "superman," to inspire readers to transcend the limitations of conventional morality.
About the Author, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Graham Parkes is the author of Composing the Soul: Reaches of Nietzsche's Psychology (Chicago, 1994), and the editor of Nietzsche and Asian Thought (Chicago, 1991). He is joint editor, with Steve Odin, of The Blackwell Source Book iin Japanese Philosophy (2005).