“DEAD ARE ALL THE GODS: NOW DO WE DESIRE THE SUPERMAN TO LIVE.”—Let this be our final will at the great noontide!—
Zarathustra gives the creed for the great noontide.
- The death of GodThe gods' death is the ground for desiring the Superman.
- The Superman (Übermensch)The Superman is set as the final will.
What the critics said
Ludovici says that the Nietzschean ideal is the man of overflowing strength who must discharge it or perish, so that giving from overflow is the only charity Nietzsche recognises, and that the discourse urges disciples to become independent thinkers and find themselves before learning more from Zarathustra.