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Title: Thus Spake Zarathustra
A Book for All and None
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Translator: Thomas Common
Release Date: November 7, 2008 [EBook #1998]
Last Updated: November 16, 2016
Language: English
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THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
A BOOK FOR ALL AND NONE
By Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated By Thomas Common
PG Editor’s Note:
Archaic spelling and punctuation usages have not been changed from the original. I particular, quotations are often not closed for several paragraphs.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY MRS FORSTER-NIETZSCHE.
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA.
FIRST PART, ZARATHUSTRA’S DISCOURSES.
ZARATHUSTRA’S PROLOGUE.
ZARATHUSTRA’S DISCOURSES.
I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES.
II. THE ACADEMIC CHAIRS OF VIRTUE.
III. BACKWORLDSMEN.
IV. THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY.
V. JOYS AND PASSIONS.
VI. THE PALE CRIMINAL.
VII. READING AND WRITING.
VIII. THE TREE ON THE HILL.
IX. THE PREACHERS OF DEATH.
X. WAR AND WARRIORS.
XI. THE NEW IDOL.
XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE.
XIII. CHASTITY.
XIV. THE FRIEND.
XV. THE THOUSAND AND ONE GOALS.
XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE.
XVII. THE WAY OF THE CREATING ONE.
XVIII. OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN.
XIX. THE BITE OF THE ADDER.
XX. CHILD AND MARRIAGE.
XXI. VOLUNTARY DEATH.
XXII. THE BESTOWING VIRTUE.
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, SECOND PART.
XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR.
XXIV. IN THE HAPPY ISLES.
XXV. THE PITIFUL.
XXVI. THE PRIESTS.
XXVII. THE VIRTUOUS.
XXVIII. THE RABBLE.
XXIX. THE TARANTULAS.
XXX. THE FAMOUS WISE ONES.
XXXI. THE NIGHT-SONG.
XXXII. THE DANCE-SONG.
XXXIII. THE GRAVE-SONG.
XXXIV. SELF-SURPASSING.
XXXV. THE SUBLIME ONES.
XXXVI. THE LAND OF CULTURE.
XXXVII. IMMACULATE PERCEPTION.
XXXVIII. SCHOLARS.
XXXIX. POETS.
XL. GREAT EVENTS.
XLI. THE SOOTHSAYER.
XLII. REDEMPTION.
XLIII. MANLY PRUDENCE.
XLIV. THE STILLEST HOUR.
THIRD PART.
XLV. THE WANDERER.
XLVI. THE VISION AND THE ENIGMA.
XLVII. INVOLUNTARY BLISS.
XLVIII. BEFORE SUNRISE.
XLIX. THE BEDWARFING VIRTUE.
L. ON THE OLIVE-MOUNT.
LI. ON PASSING-BY.
LII. THE APOSTATES.
LIII. THE RETURN HOME.
LIV. THE THREE EVIL THINGS.
LV. THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY.
LVI. OLD AND NEW TABLES.
LVII. THE CONVALESCENT.
LVIII. THE GREAT LONGING.
LIX. THE SECOND DANCE-SONG.
LX. THE SEVEN SEALS.
FOURTH AND LAST PART.
LXI. THE HONEY SACRIFICE.
LXII. THE CRY OF DISTRESS.
LXIII. TALK WITH THE KINGS.
LXIV. THE LEECH.
LXV. THE MAGICIAN.
LXVI. OUT OF SERVICE.
LXVII. THE UGLIEST MAN.
LXVIII. THE VOLUNTARY BEGGAR.
LXIX. THE SHADOW.
LXX. NOONTIDE.
LXXI. THE GREETING.
LXXII. THE SUPPER.
LXXIII. THE HIGHER MAN.
LXXIV. THE SONG OF MELANCHOLY.
LXXV. SCIENCE.
LXXVI. AMONG DAUGHTERS OF THE DESERT.
LXXVII. THE AWAKENING.
LXXVIII. THE ASS-FESTIVAL.
LXXIX. THE DRUNKEN SONG.
LXXX. THE SIGN.
NOTES ON “THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA” BY ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI.
Chapter I. The Three Metamorphoses.
Chapter II. The Academic Chairs of Virtue.
Chapter IV. The Despisers of the Body.
Chapter IX. The Preachers of Death.
Chapter XV. The Thousand and One Goals.
Chapter XVIII. Old and Young Women.
Chapter XXII. The Bestowing Virtue.
Chapter XXIII. The Child with the Mirror.
Chapter XXIV. In the Happy Isles.
Chapter XXX. The Famous Wise Ones.
Chapter XXXIII. The Grave-Song.
Chapter XXXIV. Self-Surpassing.
Chapter XXXV. The Sublime Ones.
Chapter XXXVI. The Land of Culture.
Chapter XXXVII. Immaculate Perception.
Chapter XLIII. Manly Prudence.
Chapter XLIV. The Stillest Hour.
Chapter XLVI. The Vision and the Enigma.
Chapter XLVII. Involuntary Bliss.
Chapter XLVIII. Before Sunrise.
Chapter XLIX. The Bedwarfing Virtue.
Chapter LIII. The Return Home.
Chapter LIV. The Three Evil Things.
Chapter LV. The Spirit of Gravity.
Chapter LVI. Old and New Tables. Par. 2.
Chapter LVII. The Convalescent.
Chapter LXI. The Honey Sacrifice.
Chapter LXII. The Cry of Distress.
Chapter LXIII. Talk with the Kings.
Chapter LXVII. The Ugliest Man.
Chapter LXVIII. The Voluntary Beggar.
Chapter LXXIII. The Higher Man. Par. 1.
Chapter LXXIV. The Song of Melancholy.
Chapter LXXVI. Among the Daughters of the Desert.
Chapter LXXVII. The Awakening.
Chapter LXXVIII. The Ass-Festival.
Chapter LXXIX. The Drunken Song.