On the contrary, Nietzsche and his philosophical successor Martin Heidegger have inspired political reactionaries from Adolf Hitler to current far-right leaders in Europe. All have taken on some form of Nietzsche’s political project to undo the moral legacy of equality and freedom that emerged from the French Revolution. “Now all the red lights are flashing, and that changes things dramatically, both with respect to Nietzsche and Heidegger, but especially Nietzsche. “They’re very clear about why Nietzsche is their hero… They think their Nietzsche is the real Nietzsche. In his allegory of the Übermensch, or “superman,” for example, Nietzsche foretold a superior race of aristocrats who were free to create new values in the absence of God.

Source: National Post September 21, 2018 17:25 UTC