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THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
A BOOK FOR ALL AND NONE
EIN BUCH FÜR ALLE UND KEINEN
By Friedrich Nietzsche
Von Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated By Thomas Common
Übersetzt von Thomas Common
CONTENTS.
INHALT.
INTRODUCTION BY MRS FORSTER-NIETZSCHE.
EINLEITUNG VON FRAU FÖRSTER-NIETZSCHE.
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA.
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA.
FIRST PART.
ERSTER TEIL.
Zarathustra's Prologue.
Zarathustras Vorrede.
Zarathustra's Discourses.
Zarathustras Reden.
I. The Three Metamorphoses.
I. Von den drei Verwandlungen.
II. The Academic Chairs of Virtue.
II. Von den Lehrstühlen der Tugend.
III. Backworldsmen.
III. Von den Hinterweltlern.
IV. The Despisers of the Body.
IV. Von den Verächtern des Leibes.
V. Joys and Passions.
V. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften.
VI. The Pale Criminal.
VI. Vom bleichen Verbrecher.
VII. Reading and Writing.
VII. Vom Lesen und Schreiben.
VIII. The Tree on the Hill.
VIII. Vom Baume am Berge.
IX. The Preachers of Death.
IX. Von den Predigern des Todes.
X. War and Warriors.
X. Vom Krieg und Kriegsvolke.
XI. The New Idol.
XI. Vom neuen Götzen.
XII. The Flies in the Market-place.
XII. Von den Fliegen des Marktes.
XIII. Chastity.
XIII. Von der Keuschheit.
XIV. The Friend.
XIV. Vom Freunde.
XV. The Thousand and One Goals.
XV. Von tausend und einem Ziele.
XVI. Neighbour-Love.
XVI. Von der Nächstenliebe.
XVII. The Way of the Creating One.
XVII. Vom Wege des Schaffenden.
XVIII. Old and Young Women.
XVIII. Von alten und jungen Weiblein.
XIX. The Bite of the Adder.
XIX. Vom Bisse der Natter.
XX. Child and Marriage.
XX. Von Kind und Ehe.
XXI. Voluntary Death.
XXI. Vom freien Tode.
XXII. The Bestowing Virtue.
XXII. Von der schenkenden Tugend.
SECOND PART.
ZWEITER TEIL.
XXIII. The Child with the Mirror.
XXIII. Das Kind mit dem Spiegel.
XXIV. In the Happy Isles.
XXIV. Auf den glückseligen Inseln.
XXV. The Pitiful.
XXV. Von den Mitleidigen.
XXVI. The Priests.
XXVI. Von den Priestern.
XXVII. The Virtuous.
XXVII. Von den Tugendhaften.
XXVIII. The Rabble.
XXVIII. Vom Gesindel.
XXIX. The Tarantulas.
XXIX. Von den Taranteln.
XXX. The Famous Wise Ones.
XXX. Von den berühmten Weisen.
XXXI. The Night-Song.
XXXI. Das Nachtlied.
XXXII. The Dance-Song.
XXXII. Das Tanzlied.
XXXIII. The Grave-Song.
XXXIII. Das Grablied.
XXXIV. Self-Surpassing.
XXXIV. Von der Selbst-Überwindung.
XXXV. The Sublime Ones.
XXXV. Von den Erhabenen.
XXXVI. The Land of Culture.
XXXVI. Vom Lande der Bildung.
XXXVII. Immaculate Perception.
XXXVII. Von der unbefleckten Erkenntnis.
XXXVIII. Scholars.
XXXVIII. Von den Gelehrten.
XXXIX. Poets.
XXXIX. Von den Dichtern.
XL. Great Events.
XL. Von großen Ereignissen.
XLI. The Soothsayer.
XLI. Der Wahrsager.
XLII. Redemption.
XLII. Von der Erlösung.
XLIII. Manly Prudence.
XLIII. Von der Menschenklugheit.
XLIV. The Stillest Hour.
XLIV. Die stillste Stunde.
THIRD PART.
DRITTER TEIL.
XLV. The Wanderer.
XLV. Der Wanderer.
XLVI. The Vision and the Enigma.
XLVI. Vom Gesicht und Rätsel.
XLVII. Involuntary Bliss.
XLVII. Unfreiwillige Seligkeit.
XLVIII. Before Sunrise.
XLVIII. Vor Sonnenaufgang.
XLIX. The Bedwarfing Virtue.
XLIX. Von der verkleinernden Tugend.
L. On the Olive-Mount.
L. Auf dem Ölberge.
LI. On Passing-by.
LI. Vom Vorübergehen.
LII. The Apostates.
LII. Die Abtrünnigen.
LIII. The Return Home.
LIII. Die Heimkehr.
LIV. The Three Evil Things.
LIV. Von den drei Bösen.
LV. The Spirit of Gravity.
LV. Vom Geist der Schwere.
LVI.
LVI.
Vocabulary
- ALSO
- So, thus; used to draw a conclusion or summarize
- SPRACH
- Spoke; past tense of 'sprechen' (to speak)
- EIN
- A, an; the indefinite article in German
- BUCH
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- FÜR
- For; preposition indicating purpose or recipient
- ALLE
- All, everyone; referring to every person or thing
- UND
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- KEINEN
- No one, none; negative pronoun in accusative case
- Von
- By, from, of; preposition indicating origin or authorship
- Übersetzt
- Translated; past participle of 'übersetzen' (to translate)
- von
- By, from; preposition indicating authorship or origin
- INHALT
- Contents, table of contents; list of a book's sections
- EINLEITUNG
- Introduction; opening section of a book or text
- VON
- By, from; preposition indicating origin or authorship
- FRAU
- Woman, Mrs.; title or noun for an adult female
- ERSTER
- First; ordinal number indicating the first in sequence
- TEIL
- Part, section; a division of a larger work
- Vorrede
- Preface, prologue; introductory remarks before main text
- Reden
- Speeches, discourses; plural of 'Rede' (speech)
- den
- The; definite article in accusative or dative case
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number 3
- Verwandlungen
- Transformations, metamorphoses; plural of 'Verwandlung'
- Lehrstühlen
- Professorial chairs; academic positions at a university
- der
- The; definite article in various grammatical cases
- Tugend
- Virtue; moral excellence or righteousness of character
- Verächtern
- Despisers, scorners; those who despise or look down on something
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine/neuter nouns
- Leibes
- Of the body; genitive form of 'Leib' (body, flesh)
- Freuden
- Joys, pleasures; plural of 'Freude' (joy)
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- Leidenschaften
- Passions; strong emotions or intense desires
- Vom
- Of the, from the; contraction of 'von dem'
- bleichen
- Pale; adjective describing a wan or whitened appearance
- Verbrecher
- Criminal; a person who commits a crime
- Lesen
- Reading; the act of reading written text
- Schreiben
- Writing; the act of producing written text
- Baume
- Tree; dative/archaic form of 'Baum' (tree)
- am
- At the, on the; contraction of 'an dem'
- Berge
- Mountain; dative form of 'Berg' (mountain, hill)
- Predigern
- Preachers; those who deliver religious sermons
- Todes
- Of death; genitive form of 'Tod' (death)
- Krieg
- War; armed conflict between nations or groups
- neuen
- New; adjective in inflected form meaning 'new'
- Götzen
- Idols; false gods or objects of misplaced worship
- Fliegen
- Flies; plural of 'Fliege' (fly, the insect)
- Marktes
- Of the market; genitive form of 'Markt' (market, marketplace)
- Keuschheit
- Chastity, purity; the quality of being sexually pure
- Freunde
- Friends; plural of 'Freund' (friend, companion)
- tausend
- Thousand; the cardinal number 1000
- einem
- One, a; indefinite article/pronoun in dative case
- Ziele
- Goals, aims; plural of 'Ziel' (goal, destination, target)
- Nächstenliebe
- Love of one's neighbor; Christian concept of neighborly love
- Wege
- Ways, paths; plural of 'Weg' (way, path, road)
- Schaffenden
- Creators; those who create or produce something new
- alten
- Old; adjective in inflected form meaning 'old'
- jungen
- Young; adjective in inflected form meaning 'young'
- Bisse
- Bites; plural of 'Biss' (bite, as from an animal)
- Natter
- Adder, viper; a type of venomous snake
- Kind
- Child; a young human being, boy or girl
- Ehe
- Marriage; the legally or socially recognized union of partners
- freien
- Free; adjective in inflected form meaning 'free'
- Tode
- Death; dative form of 'Tod' (death)
- schenkenden
- Bestowing, giving; present participle of 'schenken' (to give/bestow)
- ZWEITER
- Second; ordinal number indicating the second in sequence
- Das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns in nominative case
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- dem
- The; definite article in dative case
- Spiegel
- Mirror; a reflective surface used to see oneself
- Auf
- On, upon, at; preposition indicating location or direction
- glückseligen
- Blissful, fortunate; adjective describing great happiness or bliss
- Inseln
- Islands; plural of 'Insel' (island)
- Mitleidigen
- Compassionate ones; those who feel pity or sympathy
- Priestern
- Priests; religious ministers or clergy members
- Tugendhaften
- Virtuous ones; those who are morally upright and virtuous
- Gesindel
- Rabble, riffraff; a disreputable or worthless group of people
- berühmten
- Famous, renowned; adjective in inflected form meaning 'famous'
- Weisen
- Wise men, sages; those renowned for wisdom and knowledge
- Nachtlied
- Night song; a song or poem sung or written at night
- Tanzlied
- Dance song; a song meant to accompany dancing
- Grablied
- Funeral song, dirge; a song sung at a grave or burial
- Selbst-Überwindung
- Self-overcoming; the act of surpassing one's own limitations
- Erhabenen
- Sublime, exalted; that which is lofty or elevated in character
- Lande
- Land, country; dative form of 'Land' (land, country)
- Bildung
- Education, culture; formation of mind through learning
- unbefleckten
- Immaculate, unstained; adjective meaning pure or spotless
- Erkenntnis
- Knowledge, cognition; insight or understanding gained through reason
- Gelehrten
- Scholars, learned ones; highly educated or academic people
- Dichtern
- Poets; writers of poetry or literary verse
- großen
- Great, large; adjective in inflected form meaning 'great'
- Ereignissen
- Events; plural dative of 'Ereignis' (event, occurrence)
- Der
- The; definite article for masculine nouns in nominative case
- Wahrsager
- Soothsayer, fortune-teller; one who predicts the future
- Erlösung
- Redemption, salvation; deliverance from sin or suffering
- Die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- stillste
- Stillest, quietest; superlative form of 'still' (quiet, calm)
- Stunde
- Hour; a unit of time equal to sixty minutes
- DRITTER
- Third; ordinal number indicating the third in sequence
- Wanderer
- Wanderer, traveler; one who roams without a fixed destination
- Gesicht
- Face, vision; the front of a head or a prophetic vision
- Rätsel
- Riddle, enigma; a puzzling question or mysterious problem
- Unfreiwillige
- Involuntary; done without will or against one's wishes
- Seligkeit
- Bliss, blessedness; state of supreme happiness or heavenly joy
- Vor
- Before, in front of; preposition indicating position or time
- Sonnenaufgang
- Sunrise; the moment the sun appears above the horizon
- verkleinernden
- Diminishing, reducing; those who make things seem smaller
- Vorübergehen
- Passing by; the act of going past without stopping
- Abtrünnigen
- Apostates, renegades; those who have abandoned a cause or faith
- Heimkehr
- Homecoming; the act of returning to one's home
- Bösen
- Evil ones; those who are wicked or morally bad
- Geist
- Spirit, mind; the intellect or non-material essence of a being
- Schwere
- Heaviness, gravity; the quality of being heavy or burdensome
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