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added...George Orwells, Nineteen Eighty-Four's, working title was "The Last Man in Europe", which is presumably a reference to Winston Smith being a tragic hero not the only man left to stand upto Big Brother.Ouroborosdross (talk) 09:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If anyone has a problem with this please get in touch and I will endevour to explain what I mean.

Removed credits on article.

I added the part about Notes From Underground, which is truely a novel that describes a last man, or an "under-man." It is also a book which Nietzsche himself read and praised. "Babbit" was written after Nietzsche was dead.Karmak 19:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, But Nietzsche read Dostoievsky in 1887, and the last man is in AZ (1884)...

Yes but Nietzsche wrote later than Notes from Underground shared many of his own ideas... Nobody is claiming that Nietzsche came up the idea for the last man after reading Dostoevesky, only that Nietzsche felt a kinship to his ideas, esp. in the Notes From Underground novel. I have put Nietzsche quote about reading this novel into this article, along with a reference.Kathartic (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:19, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the added paragraph because it was original research. Nietzsche writes that he was overjoyed at having read Dostoevsky, not that the underground man is the last man. Citing a blog as a reference does not satisfy wp:reliable sources. RJC ^{Talk Contribs} 01:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The last man seems to be cousins with the sheep walker:http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/02/sheepwalking.html

Is that significant enough to mention? 63.226.180.162 22:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nietzsche's philosophy is often set in opposition to that of Hegel. Is it worth noting that this isn't the same as Hegel's 'last man,' or is/isn't a critical reference to Hegel by Nietzsche. 143.167.209.61 11:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge suggestion[edit]

Hello, I stumbled upon the article Tschandala while perusing random links, and while I don't know much about this subject, it seems to me that the content of the orphaned article Tschandala. might be better off if it were merged into this article. Again, I'm not familiar with Nietzsche's philosophy, so I don't know if he saw the Last Man as an archetype of the more general Tshandala or what. Some feedback would be appreciated. Thanks. --Kyoko 13:19, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tschandala is no longer orphaned and would not really assimilate well into this article - the Last Man is a rather well-defined concept, and I see no harm in the two having separate articles. Oppose for now. Skomorokh ^incite 21:58, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Like I said, I'm not familiar with this material so I thought it best to ask first. I'm withdrawing the suggestion. Thanks. --Kyoko 22:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would also oppose the merger. Since it hasn't generated any consensus in favor of it over the past couple of months, can we remove the merge tags? RJC ^{Talk Contribs} 19:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple Issues on 23 June 2016[edit]

Reason why I put so much is because this article really needs to be rewritten and improved due to it's confusing nature, so sorry for saying the same thing three or more times... — 2601:183:4000:D5BD:50A1:D7A3:EB27:52A (talk) 01:39, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Translation of Letzter Mensch[edit]

In German the word Mensch stands for human and not so much for race. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.167.125.100 (talk) 03:38, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]