Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 3
Every series of evolutions, according to them, was presided over by a prophet; and every prophet had his 'Hazar,'—his dynasty of a thousand years."
Jede Reihe von Entwicklungen wurde, ihnen zufolge, von einem Propheten geleitet; und jeder Prophet hatte sein 'Hazar,'—seine Dynastie von tausend Jahren."
All Zarathustra's views, as also his personality, were early conceptions of my brother's mind.
Alle Ansichten Zarathustras, wie auch seine Persönlichkeit, waren frühe Gedanken meines Bruders.
Whoever reads his posthumously published writings for the years 1869–82 with care, will constantly meet with passages suggestive of Zarathustra's thoughts and doctrines.
Wer seine posthum veröffentlichten Schriften aus den Jahren 1869–82 sorgfältig liest, wird ständig auf Stellen stoßen, die an Zarathustras Gedanken und Lehren erinnern.
For instance, the ideal of the Superman is put forth quite clearly in all his writings during the years 1873–75; and in "We Philologists", the following remarkable observations occur:—
So wird beispielsweise das Ideal des Übermenschen in allen seinen Schriften aus den Jahren 1873–75 recht deutlich dargelegt; und in „Wir Philologen" finden sich folgende bemerkenswerte Beobachtungen:—
"How can one praise and glorify a nation as a whole?—Even among the Greeks, it was the INDIVIDUALS that counted."
„Wie kann man eine Nation als Ganzes loben und verherrlichen?—Selbst bei den Griechen waren es die INDIVIDUEN, auf die es ankam."
"The Greeks are interesting and extremely important because they reared such a vast number of great individuals. How was this possible? The question is one which ought to be studied.
„Die Griechen sind interessant und von größter Bedeutung, weil sie eine so große Anzahl hervorragender Individuen hervorbrachten. Wie war das möglich? Diese Frage sollte eingehend untersucht werden.
"I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the conditions were unusually favourable for the development of the individual; not by any means owing to the goodness of the people, but because of the struggles of their evil instincts.
„Mich interessieren nur die Beziehungen eines Volkes zur Erziehung des einzelnen Menschen, und bei den Griechen waren die Bedingungen für die Entwicklung des Individuums ungewöhnlich günstig; keineswegs wegen der Güte des Volkes, sondern wegen des Kampfes seiner bösen Instinkte.
"WITH THE HELP OF FAVOURABLE MEASURES GREAT INDIVIDUALS MIGHT BE REARED WHO WOULD BE BOTH DIFFERENT FROM AND HIGHER THAN THOSE WHO HERETOFORE HAVE OWED THEIR EXISTENCE TO MERE CHANCE.
„MIT HILFE GÜNSTIGER MASSNAHMEN KÖNNTEN GROSSE INDIVIDUEN HERANGEZOGEN WERDEN, DIE SOWOHL VERSCHIEDEN ALS AUCH HÖHER WÄREN ALS JENE, DIE BISHER IHR DASEIN DEM BLOSSEN ZUFALL VERDANKTEN.
Here we may still be hopeful: in the rearing of exceptional men.
Hier dürfen wir noch hoffnungsvoll sein: in der Erziehung außergewöhnlicher Menschen.
Vocabulary
- Jede
- Each; every (feminine singular)
- Reihe
- Row; series; sequence of things
- von
- Of; from; by (preposition)
- Entwicklungen
- Developments; evolutions; progressions
- wurde
- Was; became (past tense of werden)
- ihnen
- Them; to them (dative pronoun)
- zufolge
- According to; in accordance with
- einem
- A; an (dative masculine singular)
- Propheten
- Prophet; person who predicts future
- geleitet
- Guided; directed; led (past participle)
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words
- jeder
- Every; each (masculine singular)
- Prophet
- Prophet; one who foretells events
- hatte
- Had; possessed (past tense of haben)
- sein
- His; one's own (possessive pronoun)
- seine
- His; his own (possessive pronoun)
- Dynastie
- Dynasty; succession of rulers from family
- tausend
- Thousand; the number 1000
- Jahren
- Years; periods of 365 days
- Alle
- All; everyone; every one of
- Ansichten
- Views; opinions; perspectives on things
- wie
- How; as; like (comparison)
- auch
- Also; too; likewise; as well
- Persönlichkeit
- Personality; character; individual identity traits
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of sein
- frühe
- Early; primitive; initial stages
- Gedanken
- Thoughts; ideas; mental conceptions
- meines
- Mine; of me (possessive genitive)
- Bruders
- Brother's; of my brother (genitive)
- Wer
- Who; which person (interrogative pronoun)
- posthum
- Posthumous; after death of author
- veröffentlichten
- Published; made public (past participle)
- Schriften
- Writings; documents; texts or scriptures
- aus
- From; out of; made from
- den
- The; definite article (accusative plural)
- sorgfältig
- Carefully; thoroughly; with great care
- liest
- Reads; studies (second person singular)
- wird
- Will; becomes; future tense marker
- ständig
- Constantly; continuously; perpetually occurring
- auf
- On; upon; at (preposition)
- Stellen
- Passages; places; positions or sections
- stoßen
- Encounter; collide; come across
- die
- The; that; which (feminine/plural)
- an
- At; to; on (preposition)
- Lehren
- Teachings; doctrines; instructions or lessons
- erinnern
- Remind; recall; bring to mind
- So
- So; thus; in this manner
- beispielsweise
- For example; for instance; such as
- das
- The; that (neuter singular)
- Ideal
- Ideal; perfect example; standard of perfection
- des
- Of the; genitive article (neuter/masculine)
- in
- In; inside; within (preposition)
- allen
- All; every one; all things
- seinen
- His; one's own (possessive dative)
- recht
- Right; quite; rather; quite clearly
- deutlich
- Clearly; distinctly; obviously visible
- dargelegt
- Set forth; explained; presented clearly
- Wir
- We; us (first person plural)
- Philologen
- Philologists; scholars of language and texts
- finden
- Find; discover; come upon
- sich
- Oneself; himself; herself; themselves
- folgende
- Following; next; subsequent in order
- bemerkenswerte
- Remarkable; noteworthy; worthy of attention
- Beobachtungen
- Observations; remarks; things noticed carefully
- Wie
- How; in what way; why
- kann
- Can; is able to; may
- man
- One; you; people in general
- eine
- A; an (feminine singular indefinite)
- Nation
- Nation; country; people; ethnic group
- als
- As; when; than (comparative)
- Ganzes
- Whole; entire thing; totality
- loben
- Praise; commend; speak well of
- verherrlichen
- Glorify; exalt; praise highly
- Selbst
- Even; oneself; self; myself
- bei
- At; by; near; with (preposition)
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