About this title: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought. "Writing in blood" and "philosophising with a hammer", Nietzsche scathingly criticised modern civilisation's basic ideas, beliefs, and values, and boldly proclaimed that "God is dead," thereby fathering atheistic existentialism. "Thus Spake Zarathustra" is Nietzsche's masterpiece. Rich in irony, poetry, and symbolism, this unique volume presents the German philosopher's major concepts: the master ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781853267765ISBN:1853267767
Description: Fine. New book with hint of shelfwear Excellent copy, tight, bright and clean with NO Markings or underlining to text. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780486406633ISBN:0486406636
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781853267765ISBN:1853267767
Description: Fine. 1853267767. 320 pages; Fine condition. New. No creases. Solid, clean. This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, contains the kernel of Nietzsche's thought. 'God is dead', he tells us. Christianity is decadent, leading mankind into a slave morality concerned not with this life, but with the next. Nietzsche emphasizes the 'Ubermensch, or Superman, whose will to power makes him the creator of a new heroic mentality. The intensely ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Date Published: 1999-01-05
ISBN-13:9780486406633ISBN:0486406636
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Edition: Later Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heron Books, London
Description: B/w Frontis. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall Used In decorative faux-leather cover with gilt titling and decoration, 8vo, 288pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Edges are a little faded, but totally intact w/all pages and no other marks. Bookplate of owner in front. 325 p. 17cm. The modern library of the world's best books.. Title originally: Also spake Zarathustra. read more
Description: Very Good. B0006BPLXY Clean text pages, intact binding. Cover is in good condition; spine is faded but mostly readable. Slip case is yellowed/tanned. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Carlton House, New York
Description: Good+/Good. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall Used Original black boards stamped in gilt and blue, in jacket (nicking and tearing to jacket at tips, corners and extremities) 8vo, 368pp. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Description: Good in Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Clean text, 325 pages. Boards have fading on the top edge. Dust jacket is worn with chipping on the outer edges and corners, foxing. No date stated. (Old). "Zarathustra" is my brother's most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. " read more
"Whether or not Nietzsche's masterpiece of Gospel-parody "overcomes" the inherent anarchy of nihilism is a point of contention. Like its distant Scottish cousin, Sartor Resartus, it fails to offer a truly progressive remedy for the human condition (a tendency to favor negative contradictions), but is less reactionary in its attempt. Carlyle sought to return humanity to a spiritual past; Nietzsche sought to free the human spirit from a theological model. Though Nietzsche couched his concept of free will in an "eternal" concept, he removed old ingredients of spirituality from his prescription for the human spirit. In that sense, Zarathustra is a radical, progressive work; yet its allegorical solution to nihilism is easily rendered as social Darwinism by more literal minds."
"A wonderful piece of work, Nietzsche's best, but highly complex, very multifaceted. You should know his other work before you take the intellectual challenge. It touches your spirit just like Goethe's FAUST touches your heart. I needed three tries and age and academic sophistication until I truly comprehended the depth of Nietzsche's superior mind. Reading and understanding ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA might not make you a SUPRAHUMAN ("...lightning out of the dark cloud Mankind"), but it will take you to divine heights that only the few chosen experience."
"Nietzsche tends to be one of those philosophers that readers either really like (the literary crowd who reads the occasional philosopher) or really don't like (the philosophy crowd who reads the occasional novelist). I suppose I am one of the latter. While I enjoy reading some of Nietzsche's works, I enjoy them most when he centers them around his "ideal man" concept. "Thus Spoke" doesn't seem to be one of those. Simply put, the sections are short situational stories concerning Zarathustra and different people that he meets. Zarathustra imparts his unworldly advice and wisdom to those who do not understand it.
Nietzsche was not a religious man, in any real sense of the word, but in this book it is hard to remember that. While I would recommend this book simply because of its "classical" status, I can't say that it was one of my favorites. But, perhaps its only because I do not understand it."
"Through all the pompous arrogance of the main character and what becomes apparent at times as something of a juvenile angst Thus Spake Zarathustra felt like an essential read. The dismissing of belief systems in favour of Der Übermensch as a bridge to "rosy dawns", rather then a goal is something I will never forget. There are some beautiful passages, and a lot of terribly vague ones as well (which are perhaps best understood with a little bit of prior knowledge of the authors personal life). The english translation is easy to read even if there is plenty to try and interpret, the distinct lack of unnecessary verbosity a good thing."
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