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    What is 'das Allzumenschliche'?

    Question #107233. Asked by author. (Jul 20 09 6:26 AM)


    Prison

    		'Das Allzumenschliche' means "all too-human" in German.

    http://www.dict.cc/german-english/allzumenschlich.html

    Jul 20 09, 6:34 AM
    author

    		Yes, but what does it mean to be "all too-human", and who wrote a book about it?

    Jul 20 09, 6:58 AM
    zbeckabee

    		George Stephanopoulos -- His 1999 memoir, entitled All Too Human: A Political Education, was published after he left the White House during Clinton's second term.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephanopoulos

    More to the point:

    Friedrich Nietzsche -- Human, All Too Human (Menschliches, Allzumenschliches), subtitled A Book for Free Spirits (Ein Buch für freie Geister), is a book by 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1878.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human,_All_Too_Human

    As far as its meaning, "All Too Human" generally refers to the inability (or unwillingness) to live up to the Übermensch or Superman standard(s).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch#.C3.9Cbermensch_in_English

    Jul 20 09, 9:25 AM

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