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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 work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; it was published in four volumes between 1883 and 1885. The protagonist is nominally the historical ...
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (German: [ˈalzo ʃpʁaːx t͡saʁaˈtʊstʁa] ⓘ, Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) [1] is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche 's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. [2] Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November ...
Übermensch. The Übermensch (German pronunciation: [ˈʔyːbɐmɛnʃ] ⓘ; transl. "Overman", "Super-man") is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. In his 1883 book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra), Nietzsche has his character Zarathustra posit the Übermensch as a goal for humanity to set for itself.
In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, at the end of section 2 of Zarathustra's prologue, after beginning his allegorical journey, Zarathustra encounters an aged ascetic who expresses misanthropy and love of God (a "saint"). Nietzsche writes: [Zarathustra] saluted the saint and said "What should I have to give you!
The Gay Science (German: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft; sometimes translated as The Joyful Wisdom or The Joyous Science) is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche published in 1882, and followed by a second edition in 1887 after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil. This substantial expansion includes the addition of a fifth ...
If randomness affects a man (unsubjugated, reaching even the surface of his consciousness), then "unfree will" occurs. Thus, whenever we call something free, we feel something free, in short: wherever we feel our power, it is deterministic, it is a necessity. And indeed Nietzsche says it with the mouth of Zarathustra:
The last man (German: Letzter Mensch) is a term used by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe the antithesis of his theorized superior being, the Übermensch, whose imminent appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is the archetypal passive nihilist. He is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks ...
First instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German Second instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German. Zarathustra's roundelay (German: Zarathustra's Rundgesang), [1] also called the Midnight Song (Mitternachts-Lied [2]) or Once More (German: Noch ein Mal), [3] is a poem in the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche.