Morality, Morale, Overman

Perhaps the decisive word in #1 of The Gay Science is "species".  For, in the passage, Nietzsche proposes a concept of Morality as a morale-boosting illusion that promotes the interests of the species.  In contrast, Schopenhauer's concept of it is as a moral-booster in the service of Nature, in general, i. e. of the Will-to-Live.  Furthermore, Schopenhauer does not distinguish Nature from its purported apex, i. e. the human species.  Thus, disillusionment for Nietzsche is not the anti-Naturalist dead-end that it is for Schopenhauer, but an opportunity to revitalize humans with an alternative that is super-human but not super-natural, i. e. the Overman.  Thus, #1 of GS constitutes an important step in Nietzsche's overcoming of Schopenhauer's influence.