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Thus Spake Zarathustra

Name: Thus Spake Zarathustra
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

A Book for All and None

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900)

Translated by Thomas Common

136 chapters and parts · about 9 hours to read

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"Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a work of philosophical fiction published between 1883 and 1885. Through the voice of the ancient prophet Zarathustra, Nietzsche delivers discourses on subjects ranging from the mundane to the metaphysical. The work introduces core Nietzschean concepts including the Übermensch, the death of God, the will to power, and eternal recurrence. Written in analogical and figurative language, it emerged from decades of accumulated insight during solitary mountain walks.

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Philosophy, German
Superman (Philosophical concept)

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Thus Spake Zarathustra, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #1998, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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