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Overman   Listen
noun
Overman  n.  (pl. overmen)  
1.
One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.
2.
An arbiter.
3.
In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.





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"Overman" Quotes from Famous Books



... the quality of their laughing—up to those who are capable of GOLDEN laughter. And supposing that Gods also philosophize, which I am strongly inclined to believe, owing to many reasons—I have no doubt that they also know how to laugh thereby in an overman-like and new fashion—and at the expense of all serious things! Gods are fond of ridicule: it seems that they cannot refrain from ...
— Beyond Good and Evil • Friedrich Nietzsche
... one comes so well recommended, you know, by Mrs. Overman and Mrs. Grosvenor. You have heard of these ladies in society, no ...
— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch


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