God does not exist, then we face a terrifying loneliness.67 Humanity can no longer depend on some greater transcendent authority. We must now create our own meaning, what he called “the will to power.” This became an “awful responsibility.” Given the hopeless plight of man in the absence of God’s death, the frightful reality of creating significance is too daunting for most. The rare person who has the courage to face this challenge Nietzsche called “Superman.” And no—this is not the hero of comic-book
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