The Story of Sergei Petrovich

In Nietzsche’s philosophy, Sergey Petrovich was most taken by the idea of the Übermensch and everything that Nietzsche wrote about people who are strong, free, and bold in spirit. Sergey Petrovich’s knowledge of German was poor—at most at the level of the gymnasium—so reading and translating were difficult for him. Novikov provided substantial help—his classmate, with whom they lived in the same room for a year and a half: he spoke excellent German and was well acquainted with philosophy…