Contributions

  • Walter Kaufmann (Preface, Translator) - Contributor

Publication

1978-03-30 - Penguin (Non-Classics)

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivethusspokezarathu00niet
  • ISBN-100140047484
  • ISBN-139780140047486
  • LibraryThing35566
  • Goodreads51893
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Description

A landmark work of philosophy and of literature, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the fullest expression of Nietzche's belief that "the object of mankind should lie in its highest individuals." In his thirtieth year Zarathustra - the archetypal Ubermensch representative of supreme passion and creativity - abandons his home for the mountains, where he lives, literally and figuratively, on a level of experience far above the conventional standards of good and evil. The exuberant, poetic testimony of Nietzche's great messianic hero (and alter ego) is a vivid demonstration of the philosopher's genius. Walter Kaufmann's celebrated translation - hailed by Newsweek for its "incandescent splendor of language"--Has gained general recognition as the most authoritative version of Zarathustra existing in English.

First Sentence

Prologue: Zarathustra speaks of the death of God and proclaims the overman.

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