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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche's most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influential, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale in Penguin Classics. Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche's utterance 'God is dead', his insistence that the meaning of life is to be found in purely human terms, and his doctrine of the Superman and the will to power were all later seized upon and unrecognisably twisted by, among others, Nazi intellectuals. With blazing intensity and poetic brilliance, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission to authority, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free. Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. A powerfully original thinker, Nietzsche's influence on subsequent writers, such as George Bernard Shaw, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann and Jean-Paul Sartre, was considerable. If you enjoyed Thus Spoke Zarathustra you might like Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, also available in Penguin Classics. 'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate, often breathtakingly insightful, his works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. Grayling
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The_Book_Ninja
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I went to the recycling centre this morning. Always worth looking in the wheelie bin of books to see if someone is throwing away a gem. I gazed into this last bin in the line…and the bin gazed also into me!

Bookwomble "And if you contend against dustbins, beware that you do not yourself become a dustbin!" I used to have that edition, but it's long since gone - never read it ? Did you liberate it? 4mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble No…as I shuffle towards the great library in the sky, I want to spend my remaining days reading for enjoyment🤣 4mo
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Ah, but maybe you should have taken that Vintage copy of Mervyn Peak's Gormenghast trilogy to read later this year 🧐 I would have left the Nietzsche (he's had his chance with me), but I'd have taken the copy of Six Yuan Plays at the back there. Somebody's dumping some good shit in that bin! 4mo
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The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble there were 5 bins, filled to the top…I was overwhelmed ☺️ 4mo
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I'd be turning up with a shopping trolley! 😄 4mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble there‘s a lot of crap in there and you have to move fast, they don‘t like salvaging in this centre..😳 I don‘t know if they‘re all like that. The Gormenghast had a badly creased cover. I don‘t mind a old, yellowing book but I can‘t be dealing with creased covers 4mo
Bookwomble Please ignore me - I don't always know when a joke's stopped being funny 🙃 4mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Ignore my Litsy twin! 🤣Don‘t worry..I‘ll assume it‘s all jokes unless you use an angry emoji😡 4mo
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Picture description: A drawing of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche pushing an old-fashioned looking vacuum cleaner across the floor, one hand rather nonchalantly in his pocket. In a speech bubble, he is thinking, "God I hate this thing". Below the drawing is the handwritten text, "Nietzsche abhors a vacuum".

AmyG Oh, I hear you, Nietzche....I hear you. 4y
SamAnne 😁 😁 😁 😁 4y
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AlRah
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Once people believed in prophets and astrologers: and therefore people believed: 'Everything is fate: you shall, for you must!'
Then again people mistrusted prophets and astrologers: therefore people believed: 'Everything is freedom : you can, for you will'

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AlRah
Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzche
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Very slow read..Been stuck half way for almost a month..

#Philosophy #Currentread

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Therewillbebooks
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My man gets pretty bored with Nietzsche.

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"Man is a rope tied between beast and the Superhuman - a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end."

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Loxtty
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Graham Parkes
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نتشة ، يجب ان يقرا مراراً

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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyApr19 Day 4: The #peril of heartbreak and the desire to be free. I own a Folio Society edition of this book that has been languishing on my shelves unread. 😭

Cathythoughts Amazing quote ♥️💔 6y
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Book_Burner
Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche
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This book should be burned because it's utterly innocent

tpixie Welcome to Litsy!! 🥳📚🥳 6y
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LauraJ
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This book has been over for 15 minutes, yet it just keeps going. So cruel! Please stop 😭

kgriffith 🤣 6y
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LauraJ
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We‘ve been reading Nietzsche and that‘s the Cecil Summary. But does using the phrase “basic bitch” make us basic at this point? Or did we not get the gist of this book? #catsoflitsy #philosophy

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LauraJ
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Cecil is practicing his wise, old philosopher look as we listen to Zarathustra.
#catsoflitsy

Tamra Great pic! 6y
Meaw_catlady Stunning! 6y
Soubhiville Oh wow, great photo! 6y
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Laura317 What a gorgeous creature! 😻 6y
AmyG He is doing an excellent job! 6y
Erinsuereads So majestic! 6y
DreesReads Beautiful beast! 6y
ravenlee Very impressive - and efficient, as it could double as Egyptian cat god pose. 6y
Sace Very regal and philosophic. 6y
mcipher OMG what a great picture!! 😻 6y
LauraJ @ErinSueG @Meaw_catlady @Laura317 And he was the goofiest looking kitten. 6y
Nute Wow! So regal. 6y
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Thus Spake Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive-so wisdom wisheth us, she is a woman and ever loveth a warrior"

Chelleo Welcome to to the #LitsyFamily! We‘re so glad you‘re here! Checkout these #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: http://bit.ly/litsyvideos There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! Check out #LitsyHappenings for details. 7y
DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚👍Hope you enjoy it here! 7y
saurabhbhitkar @Chelleo Thanks! :) 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome to Litsy!! 🙌🏻🎊📚 7y
JoScho Welcome to Litsy! I hope you love it here ❤️ 7y
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Wife Welcome to Litsy!🌹 7y
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ReadZenRites Hi! 👋🏻 Welcome to Litsy!✨📚✨ 7y
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Graham Parkes
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Nietzsche is able to make me feel both smart and stupid at the same time. 😂 #chaos #quotsy #quotsynov17

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My husband read this book aloud to me. I'm not sure if this is the reason I loved the book so much or if I actually loved it. I love when that man reads to me. 😍 #husbandsoflitsy #whentwobookloversgetmarried

Aleida I love being read to, too. 7y
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I'm glad I made it through Nietzsche in one piece.

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JoeStalksBeck
Thus Spake Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche
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Soooo, my tattoo artist, whom I tutored this semester in his nursing courses passed his classes with an overall 92% told me he would give me free ink for my help. This is a take on what I'm having him tat on me. A stack of my favorite books.

Paula3 Wow!!! Beautiful work ❤❤❤📚❤❤❤ 8y
JoeStalksBeck @Paula3 this isn't mine but it's like what I'm getting. Now to choose my favorite books!! That will be difficult! 8y
IndianBookworm It would be like telling a mother to choose her favrt child!😂 Amazing art😍 8y
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Tcip THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME! 8y
Minimalgrl Amazing 8y
KarenaFagan Hi! That's my leg! I got it done by Jessica McDermott in Santa Cruz, CA. (edited) 8y
Zelma I would leave a few of the book spines blank so that you can add new favorites in the future. Otherwise you might end up with quite the library tat! 😆 8y
josie281 How beautiful, @KarenaFagan !! Great work! 8y
KarenaFagan Thank you. The quote is by Rumi. It's for my sons. 😁 8y
Godmotherx5 Congrats to you & your student. 8y
JoeStalksBeck @KarenaFagan holy cow! Seriously?! That's amazing! Lol. I'm using your tat as a platform for mine! Gorgeous work! 8y
LauraBeth This is awesome 😀 8y
minkyb That is stunning! 8y
saresmoore Very cool and FREE TATTOO! Yay! 8y
KarenaFagan Hehe. I'm flattered. May I ask where online you found it? 8y
JoeStalksBeck @KarenaFagan I googled book tattoos:) 8y
KarenaFagan Ah, cool! You'll have to let me know how yours turns out. I'm @karenafagan on both Instagram and twitter. (edited) 8y
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"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly".

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Sue
Thus Spake Zarathustra (Revised) | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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The ultimate in minimalist covers - my elderly copy of Thus Spake Zarasthustra
#augustphotochallenge

lisakoby 😍 8y
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