Thus Spake Zarathustra

What it's about

Philosophy written as scripture by a man attacking scripture — the eternal recurrence, the last man, and the death of God, delivered in parables by a prophet coming down from a mountain. Nietzsche thought it his best book and no two readers agree about what it says.

Who it's for

- Anyone who has met Nietzsche only in quotation - Readers who want philosophy that is also literature - Anyone prepared to be argued at rather than argued with

What’s inside

1. 1

   I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES.

   3 min
2. 2

   II. THE ACADEMIC CHAIRS OF VIRTUE.

   4 min
3. 3

   III. BACKWORLDSMEN.

   4 min
4. 4

   IV. THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY.

   3 min
5. 5

   V. JOYS AND PASSIONS.

   3 min
6. 6

   VI. THE PALE CRIMINAL.

   3 min
7. 7

   VII. READING AND WRITING.

   2 min
8. 8

   VIII. THE TREE ON THE HILL.

   4 min
9. 9

   IX. THE PREACHERS OF DEATH.

   2 min
10. 10

    X. WAR AND WARRIORS.

    3 min
11. 11

    XI. THE NEW IDOL.

    4 min
12. 12

    XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE.

    4 min
13. 13

    XIII. CHASTITY.

    2 min
14. 14

    XIV. THE FRIEND.

    3 min
15. 15

    XV. THE THOUSAND AND ONE GOALS.

    3 min
16. 16

    XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE.

    2 min
17. 17

    XVII. THE WAY OF THE CREATING ONE.

    4 min
18. 18

    XVIII. OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN.

    3 min
19. 19

    XIX. THE BITE OF THE ADDER.

    2 min
20. 20

    XX. CHILD AND MARRIAGE.

    3 min
21. 21

    XXI. VOLUNTARY DEATH.

    4 min
22. 22

    XXII. THE BESTOWING VIRTUE.

    7 min
23. 23

    XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR.

    4 min
24. 24

    XXIV. IN THE HAPPY ISLES.

    4 min

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