B. The Last ManWhat angers and frustrates Nietzsche is the fear that we may one day witness the appearance of the last man when no one any longer strives to surpass oneself, when everyone wants the same things, when no one takes risks or lets their work involve any deep suffering, when everyone seeks pleasures in moderation, when everyone wants to be equal to everyone else, when no one wants to rule or obey, when no one wants to be either rich or poor, when no one wants to quarrel to long or too harshly lest, “their digestion might be upset.” “No herdsman and one herd! Everyone wants the same, everyone is the same; whoever feels different goes to the insane asylum.” (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prologue, 5).
