Thus Spake Zarathustra
Translated by Thomas Common
Friedrich Nietzsche sets out his philosophy through Zarathustra’s journeys and speeches. In four parts, the book considers moral values, religion, self-overcoming and the idea of eternal recurrence.
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The opening
Zarathustra’s Prologue
Zarathustra’s Discourses
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 solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But at last his heart changed—and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before the sun, and spake thus unto it:
Thou great star! What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest!
For ten years hast thou climbed hither unto my cave: thou wouldst have wearied of thy light and of the journey, had it not been for me, mine eagle, and my serpent.
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About this edition
- The words
- Thomas Common's English translation, copied word for word.
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Standard Ebooks; Thus Spake Zarathustra was published between 1883 and 1885 by Friedrich Nietzsche.
It was translated from German in 1909 by Thomas Common. The creators of, and contributors to, this ebook dedicate their contributions to the worldwide public domain via the terms in the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
- Left out
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 3 places
- The source library's header, footer and license
- Kept as written
Its depictions of violence and its language about women, peoples and religion are kept as the author wrote them.