The superman is the man who can overcome his own instincts, but not deny them. The superman has mastered his instincts, so that he can fully express himself. The superman is the man whose will to power has been sublimated creatively. Nietzsche defines freedom as the will to affirm and to be responsible for oneself. Freedom requires struggle against hardship.
Freedom is gained by accepting and by affirming life, despite life s pain and suffering.
Freedom is also gained by mastery of the instinct for happiness. Freedom does not mean the denial of one s impulses and instincts, but neither does it mean having to rely on them. Freedom is measured by the resistance that has to be overcome, and by the effort it takes, to make choices and be responsible for them. For art to exist, or for any form of aesthetic activity to exist, there has to be an inspired condition on the part of the artist or observer. The inspired condition is described as Apollonian or Dionysian.