Nietzsche wanted to eradicate modernity and replace it with a fresh kind of culture and society that would “create stronger and more fully-developed individuals” (Kellner). Nietzsche spoke of people that fell short of such originality as ‘herd animals’, “moderns... [who] possess nothing which is truly ours” (Nietzsche, 1886). In addition, he critiqued modernity for inhibiting the creation of liberated, more contented, and individuals of good health. Referring to the modern culture as “barbaric” (Nietzsche, 1887), he suggested that a higher form of culture could be obtained through free spirited individuality and the process of self-overcoming. Nietzsche proposed that we are the “creature and creator” of ourselves. In order to attain this higher
