Title | : | Thus Spoke Zarathustra : A Book for All and None |
---|---|---|
Author | : | Friedrich Nietzsche |
Release | : | 2011-05-25 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Nonfiction |
Preview Intro | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Thus Spoke Zarathustra : A Book for All | Friedrich Nietzsche |
Composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the most famous and influential work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work is a philosophical novel in which the character of Zarathustra, a religious prophet–like figure, delivers a series of lessons and sermons in a Biblical style that articulate the central ideas of Nietzsche's mature thought. Key to the philosophy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a rejection of traditional systems of religious morality, the idea of the will to power, and a vision of a new, higher mode of being, the "übermensch" or "Superman," one of Nietzsche's most famous and controversial figures. As innovative stylistically as it is philosophically, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is both a literary masterpiece and an enduring classic of moral thought. This version of Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the translation by Thomas Common. |