Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Fridrich 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 Ubermensch, 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 prophet descending from his mountain retreat to mankind, Zarathustra . A central irony of the text is that Nietzsche mimics the style of the Bible in order to present ideas which fundamentally oppose Christian and Jewish morality and tradition.

 

what do you think about this book? I really like it!

 

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a great book, a classic!
Really all of Friederich Nietzche's book are superb, since besides being a philospher, musician, psychologist ,a man of great insight, and a philologist, makes all his books
a pleasure to read, feels like poetry written in prose.
Born in 1844-1900, a Libra.
A very spiritual man going inwards and not into organized religion.

 

I read this when I was too young to understand it, and now reading it 10 years later and I can penetrate it so much more deeply. It is a very deep and wise book, but you need some life experience to grasp it.

 

I read it a couple years ago, and probably didn't even get half of what it has to offer, but I got enough to absolutely love it. I need to go back and read it again when I get a chance.

 

One of my favorite all-around books. A Biblical satire. Great stuff. Vibes really well with the way I see things.

 

It seems as though Nietszche was drawing from the wellspring of his country's Nordic mythology. The eternal recurrence seems somewhat analogous to Wagner's ring cycle, and the concept of "going under" similar to Odin hanging upside down to gain the runes. Then there is the rope over the abyss, which reminds me of the void of Ginnungagap. Also Sprach Zarathustra is quite a book and quite a symphony too.

 

That is one of my favorites! I first read it in high school, and have returned to it several times since.

 

You can feel the power and the passion in every word, you know that everything in that book he ripped from the depths of his soul. I tend to disagree on a lot of points though