Nietzsche shows on page 96 that he is, in fact, NOT advocating nihilism. He tries to show that this "man of the future" will get out of the trap that society has caught the rest of us in. It's a very contradictory passage. He seems to advocate nihilism in the beginning of the essay, but now, he makes it clear that he is not.
The last sentence of Chapter 24: "This man of the future, who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was bound to grow out of it, the great nausea, the will to nothingness, nihilism; this bell-stroke of noon and of the great decision that liberates the will again and restores its goal to the earth and his hope to man; this Antichrist and antinihilist; this victor over God and nothingness - he must come one day. -
This is a pretty intense assertion. It's a little confusing. What is this man going to be able to do? How will he "liberate the will"? What will give him that power/ability? Who is it going to be?
The last bit:"he must come one day," sounds rather prophetic and messiah-ish. Who is this man of the future and what is he advocating?
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