This dissertation is about the idea of genius developed by Nietzsche in its relation to Kant, German Romantism and Schopenhauer. These show how Nietzsche modifies the concept shaped by tradition and innovates the current signification. The idea of genius in Nietzsche may be understood in two moments. The first one appears in The Birth of Tragedy, where the genius had an extra-human character that can reveal a fundamental truth by art. In the second moment Nietzsche shows the similiarities between art and life. Nietzsche approximated the notion of genius with the notion of life. He takes distance of the conception shaped by philosophical tradition, where the concept of genius means an innate talent and nothing can make this talent appear. We tried to show that Nietzsche speaks about the difficulty for the development of an authentic individual, instead of the impossibility of this task. After the evidence that the values don t have any essence in itself, some individuals can create and become genius. Nietzsche seems to propose a certainly education to be an authentic individual, able to create his own values and enhance life, although its non-sense. Therefore, this education is parallel of the development of his reflections about genius, who have in creative capacity his major characteristic.