Congratulations! you have picked the existential path! but what now? how exactly will you find new meaning?
Well this issue is similar in nature to the issues that arose when nietzsche claimed that “god is dead”. When he claimed that he was not arguing against christianity or any other theistic philosophy, rather he was addressing the decline in the prominence of God within philosophy in the 19th century. The focus that stemmed from this was the fact that humanity had mostly found its meaning in god, if one lived a good life they’d go to the afterlife, living in accordance to the lord would increase your social standing e.tc. However this changed when the philosophical mainstream started to question the notion of god. Now the basis by which people acquired meaning was thrown into question
WIth the concept that had given meaning to people meaning being thrown into question, how is it that we must find meaning? through our own means, and for neitzsche that was to overcome convention and form your own path, using the term “Ubermensch” or “overman” to describe this. In essence an ubermensch is someone who can live outside of the confines society establishes on people.
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How would you go about becoming this “overman”? is there any way you can think of overcoming your struggles?