What's incredible about this book is the fact that herr Nietzsche himself wrote this book in 10 days with nothing but Will to Power. The end result is a 300 pages long book pregnant with philosophical value. The book started by the prophet, Zarathustra, going under the mountain after years of meditation, with a goal of spreading his wisdom to people. Many events then take place, he teach people and began gathering students. Yet he left them behind to search for something. After many encounters with various beings, he came back to his mountain. The book ended with the death of Zarathustra, but his death isn't a sad one, the beings he encountered in his travel came to him after witnessing the truth.
The premise is simple yet the content of the book is surprisingly deep and funny. Believe it or not I laughed a lot when I read this book, I didn't believe everything Nietzsche wrote, which is what he intended anyway, but I kinda understand where his arguments came from. The part about a human being a bridge between beast and overman is something to be remember for my future self. The thing that you need to understand when you read Thus Sprach Zarathustra is Nietzsche's writing style, don't take anything at face value just because he wrote it like that. The prose is what makes it good, if you hate it then you're a nigger, sorry.
Other good point about this book that I like is how it portrays human history unlike other people did at his time. Back in the 19th century, everything is about progress, nothing about the everlasting thing humans always do, the rise and fall of civilization. If you know me for a long time then you would know that I'm going to mention herr Spengler next but I'm too lazy to write about him. My point is, Nietzsche wrote something that's far more important than any machine, gold, and progress to us, our soul, that is. Something about it got overlooked in the age of progress. While the tool is progressing much further, our life seems to take a step back into nothingness. Nothing of value exist anymore to us, not even the Divine, there's only the bleak nothingness as far as the eyes can see. This is where Nietzsche or Zarathustra comes, to save mankind from this terrible disease. Offering us with new meaning of life, something to banish the terrible pessimism plaguing the world.
Overall, it's a straight 10/10 for me. Reading this is one of the few reason I ended up like this, which is why I would recommend reading this book to people here.
>"But MK2 no one read Thus Sprach Zarathustra first before any of his work"
I did and it was good, rather than waste a time for a book that you won't even finish why not try the masterpiece instead? I read this first just because I was bored and everything turned out to be well. Of course after reading his other writings, everything makes more sense. Just go read the book if you think you won't be able to finish his other works before. Just be mindful about things that you don't understand. Oh and, don't read any footnote or introduction left by anyone but herr Nietzsche, it's a waste of time.
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