Thus Spake Zarathustra

About this book

A prophet comes down from the mountains to speak to people who are not ready to hear him. His words challenge pity, morality, religion and the fear of becoming something new.

Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra blends philosophical argument with parable, poetry and deliberate provocation. The figure of Zarathustra teaches, fails, retreats and begins again, making the book as much a drama of thought as a collection of ideas. Its strange episodes invite rereading as the same passage can sound very different at another stage of life.