Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (Translator)

Overview

'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate . . . Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. Grayling

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most 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. With blazing intensity, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free.


Translated with an introduction by R. J. HOLLINGDALE

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141904320
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	02/28/1974
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	295,037
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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. He died in 1900. R.J. Hollingdale translated 11 of Nietzsche's books and published 2 books about him.