Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Having read Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future already, binding my interest into the eccentric writer known as Friedrich Nietzsche, I purchased a second book of his, which happens to be his most famous published work.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is an illogical poetric story about a lonely wise man from the mountains, Zarathustra, who descends from them one day, breaking his solitude and claims to the men wandering around that God is dead. Humanity has bastardized him into oblivion, he ceases to be functional, be it by concept, spirituality or even as a machine.

What seems to be the largest topic after all during the story is the man's opinions about humanity, how we are so ironic, foolish and deluded at times, and morality is once again spoken of, like Nietzsche's previous book. He even proposes a prophecy concept of the "Übermensch" during this, as some kind of superior version of humans.

But other topics make their way as well, such as animals, solitude, and revenge, to name some. The main difference between these two books is that one of them is a philosophical novel and the other is an expanded work from the former, removing the story and becoming a critical insight towards several groups.

Themes such as the will to power, mankind's constant rise towards achieving that source, and eternal recurrence, the idea that all events that have happened will happen again, are importantly displayed here as well.

The book is a constant testament towards Zarathustra's ramblings, which seem quite random at times. But below the claims of the Persian prophet lies remarkable tales of wisdom, at least, from what I was able to pick out of them.

Having said all of that though, this was another difficult book for me to read, but nonetheless, I was entertained and submitted towards the writing, unlike a previous poetic based book I read as well. Even so, I prefer Beyond Good and Evil towards this instead.

Rating: **