Books with title Thus spake Zarathustra,

WHEN Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and his solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But finally he had a change of heart - and rising one morning with the dawn, he went before the sun, and spoke thus to it:"Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?"For ten years you have climbed here to my cave: you would have become weary of shining and of the journey, had it not been for me, my eagle, and my serpent."But we waited for you every morning, took from you your overflow, and blessed you for it."Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches."For that I must descend into the depths, as you do in the evening when you go below the sea and bring light also to the underworld, you superabundant star!"Like you, I must descend - as the men, to whom I shall go, call it."So bless me then, you tranquil eye that can behold even the greatest happiness without envy!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra, sometimes translated Thus Spake Zarathustra), subtitled A Book for All and None (Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), is a written work by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science. Described by Nietzsche himself as "the deepest ever written", the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra. A central irony of the text is that the style of the Bible is used by Nietzsche to present ideas of his which fundamentally oppose Judaeo-Christian morality and tradition.

This had Zarathustra said to his heart when the sun stood at noon-tide. Then he looked inquiringly aloft,- for he heard above him the sharp call of a bird. And behold! An eagle swept through the air in wide circles, and on it hung a serpent, not like a prey, but like a friend: for it kept itself coiled round the eagle's neck."They are my animals," said Zarathustra, and rejoiced in his heart."The proudest animal under the sun, and the wisest animal under the sun,- they have come out to search for me.They want to know whether Zarathustra still lives. Do I still live?I found it more dangerous among men than among animals; Zarathustra walks dangerous paths. Let my animals lead me!When Zarathustra had said this, he remembered the words of the saint in the forest. Then he sighed and spoke thus to his heart:"If only I were wiser! If only I were wise from the very heart, like my serpent!But I am asking the impossible. Therefore I ask my pride to go always with my wisdom!And if my wisdom should some day forsake me:- alas! it loves to fly away!- may my pride then fly with my folly!"Thus began Zarathustra's down-going.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a comedic philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be Friedrich Nietzsche’s masterpiece. It includes the German philosopher’s famous discussion of the phrase ‘God is dead’ as well as his concept of the Superman. Nietzsche delineates his Will to Power theory and devotes pages to critiquing Christian thinking, in particular Christianity’s definition of good and evil.

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