The Disparity Between Man And Overman's Dr. Faust

Faust's own abominable actions towards his unfortunate mistress, Gretchen, and his later abhorred reaction towards this shows that only a complete change in character and outlook of his type could allow Faust to leave behind the putrid excesses of his past lust and decadence. "I love those who yearn for the impossible... / The deed is everything, the glory nothing" (10635-10638) could never be the words of any petty materialist or anarchist, and Faust was more than eager to sacrifice whatever possible individual "glories" may come with the former types in order to find his actual self, and what it lusted for in this undiluted essence. If we look back to Thomas Becket's denial of the dual political and religious position he was offered, we
As a result, his actions following this are not pragmatic or utilitarian, but directly passionate and emotional at its source. It is clear that he no longer gives heed to his formerly materialistic notions of glory through property, but instead seeks contentment through the action alone and the spiritually positive effect it has upon society and general well-being as a whole. Therefore, he begins his final Ascension to understand and fully prepend the life-affirming acts of effort, of determination, of grasping, and of ordering the world around him to his own character, in itself not an act for glory or even legacy, but that his conscious simply refuses him to follow any other direction. It is this manner of thought that allows for God to salvage him in disregard for his sins in the first part, therefore causing Mephistopheles to lose his bet, and for Faust to obtain his position as a being exalted from excess and errant passions, and towards nobility and
Attempting to solve political or social ills with the former mentality is akin to trying to cure a flu with fever reducer; whatever symptoms you alleviate for the time being will still leave the virus intact, and it will continue to exact its many degrading functions upon the human body, even strengthening its power, for the fever is indeed the agent that is meant to drive the disease to its knees, and removing its power, however discomforting it may temporarily be to the individual, can only heighten the lasting effects of the disease. It is this foresight that the overman must possess, and warn his progeny of even in the most attractive times, for without the Faust who can calm his pack of Grecian followers in the wake of a panic, they will only resort to an equally panicked and drastic