Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
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Thus Spake Zarathustra

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Series: The Classic Friedrich Nietzsche Collection

Narrator: Richard Trinder

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2025


Synopsis

Could it be possible? This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead! The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from a life of solitude on the mountain to announce to the world that God has been supplanted by the "Superman", the divine in human form. In one of the most radical and influential works of modern philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche lays out the new standards of morality after the "death of God". Frequently misrepresented (and hijacked to dangerous purpose by Nazi intellectuals), Thus Spake Zarathustra is a work of profound brilliance and poetic mastery which still provides meaning in today's complex and changing world.

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and philologist whose best-known works include Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Ecce Homo; Human, All Too Human; and Beyond Good and Evil. Much of his work is characterized by radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth and criticism of traditional ideals of morality. Nietzsche's writings were significant influences on the existentialist, nihilist, and postmodernist schools of thought, as well as on the work of such later writers as Herman Hesse, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Jean-Paul Sartre.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawn on May 19, 2008

Horror movies never frightened me in the same way certain works of literature and film did. Reading through Zarathustra as a teenager was a singularly powerful experience; the work defies categorization or genre, time or place. I was warned that Nietzsche was dangerous for young readers (like Machia......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on August 17, 2018

The best way that I can describe this book is as a religious experience, which is kind of paradoxical because the main idea of the book is that “God is dead.” When Zarathustra, the ancient Persian prophet, emerges from his 10-year solitude and exclaims that God has died, he doesn’t mean that literal......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on June 06, 2020

This is so many things at once: it is wise and intelligent; it is funny and perceptive; it is creative and playful, but it is also nonsensical and impenetrable. Simply put, I am not quite sure if I am ready for this book. I consider myself relatively well-read, but I do not feel well-read enough to......more

Goodreads review by Ross on December 20, 2018

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a messy, self-serious heap of obscure references and ungracious philosophy wrapped in a mountain of bad allegory. And yet, there are moments of brilliance hidden in the midden pile of Nietzsche's impenetrable poetry and prose that almost make it worth the effort. This may b......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on March 09, 2023

Se subînțelege, sper, că Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) nu e înțeleptul meu preferat, deși, recunosc, alți cititori îl pot studia cu folos. Ceea ce am scris mai jos e doar o opinie foarte subiectivă. Aș dori să o judecați cu îngăduință... Nu mi-a plăcut niciodată proza poematică din Also sprach........more