▁or ▁of ▁a ▁race . ▁ ▁( See ▁Tw il ight ▁of ▁the ▁Id ols ▁for ▁more ▁of ▁N iet z sche ' s ▁critique ▁of ▁Dar win .) ▁ ▁N iet z sche ▁writes ▁of ▁the ▁" free ▁spirit " ▁or ▁" free ▁think er " ▁( Fre ige ist ), ▁and ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁society , ▁a ▁ ▁sort ▁of ▁proto - Ü ber m ensch , ▁forming ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁a ▁concept ▁he ▁extens ively ▁expl ores ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁work ▁Thus ▁Spo ke ▁Zar ath ust ra . ▁A ▁free ▁spirit ▁is ▁one ▁who ▁goes ▁against ▁the ▁her d , ▁and ▁“ on wards ▁along ▁the ▁path ▁of ▁wisdom ” ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁better ▁society . ▁" B etter ," ▁for ▁N iet z sche , ▁appears ▁to ▁mean ▁ordered ▁toward ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁rare ▁genius ▁and ▁is ▁hardly ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁what ▁" a ▁newspaper ▁reader ," ▁as ▁N iet z sche ▁might ▁put ▁it , ▁would ▁expect . ▁ ▁The ▁essential ▁thing ▁to ▁keep ▁in ▁mind ▁in ▁considering ▁Zar ath ust ra , ▁in ▁particular , ▁is ▁that ▁N iet z sche ▁presents ▁Zar ath ust ra ▁as ▁failing . ▁ ▁Man ▁in ▁Society ▁and ▁Women ▁and ▁Child ▁These ▁two ▁sections ▁are ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁very ▁short ▁a ph or isms ▁on ▁men ' s , ▁women ' s ▁and ▁the ▁child ' s ▁nature ▁or ▁their ▁" e volution ," ▁in ▁N iet z sche ' s ▁subt le , ▁anti - D ar win