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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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