ABSTRACT
Lumpers are drawn to Nietzsche's Nachlaß, to his literary estate, and are especially fond of the non-book Der Wille zur Macht. In Schacht's case, for example, there are 1,718 quotations from Nietzsche in his 546 pages of text. Lumpers tend to construe the Ubermensch as the essence of Nietzsche's notion of a higher humanity (Schacht): an ideal of perfectibility. The Ubermensch has overcome his animal nature, sublimated his impulses, organized the chaos of his passions, and has given style to his character (Kaufmann). On the lumper's view, Nietzsche continues the ancient project of articulating a human ideal, a conception of human perfectibility. For Walter Kaufmann, for example, the Ubermensch is a Goethe-like Dionysian who has overcome his animal nature, has sublimated his impulses, has organized the chaos of his passions, and has given style to his character. The Colli-Montinari editions supersede, expand, and correct all prior Nietzsche editions.
