Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Feb 1974 · Penguin UK

About this eBook

'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate . . . Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. Grayling

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free.


Translated with an introduction by R. J. HOLLINGDALE

Ratings and reviews

Those who give this book less than five stars have not really understood what it is about. As somebody else said here: do your 9 to 5, stuff your face with food and die in several decades or years, you'll never be the best you are capable of. And if you object to this, the try to read this book until you understand.

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A gift from one of the most original thinkers ever. In Also Sprach Zarathustra, Nietzsche skillfully combines art, poetry, philosophy & storytelling.

About the author

Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. He died in 1900. R.J. Hollingdale translated 11 of Nietzsche's books and published 2 books about him.