Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A Book for All and None

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/25/2011

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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.

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 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