Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 7
I know not how to express my meaning more plainly or more personally than I have done already in one of the last chapters (Aphorism 382) of the fifth book of the 'Gaya Scienza'."
Ich weiß nicht, wie ich meinen Sinn deutlicher oder persönlicher ausdrücken könnte, als ich es bereits in einem der letzten Kapitel (Aphorismus 382) des fünften Buches der 'Gaya Scienza' getan habe."
"We, the new, the nameless, the hard-to-understand,"—it says there,—"we firstlings of a yet untried future—we require for a new end also a new means, namely, a new healthiness, stronger, sharper, tougher, bolder and merrier than all healthiness hitherto.
„Wir, die Neuen, die Namenlosen, die Schwer-zu-Verstehenden," — so heißt es dort — „wir Erstlinge einer noch unerprobten Zukunft — wir brauchen für einen neuen Zweck auch ein neues Mittel, nämlich eine neue Gesundheit, stärker, schärfer, zäher, verwegener und fröhlicher als alle Gesundheit bisher.
He whose soul longeth to experience the whole range of hitherto recognised values and desirabilities, and to circumnavigate all the coasts of this ideal 'Mediterranean Sea', who, from the adventures of his most personal experience, wants to know how it feels to be a conqueror, and discoverer of the ideal—as likewise how it is with the artist, the saint, the legislator, the sage, the scholar, the devotee, the prophet, and the godly non-conformist of the old style:—requires one thing above all for that purpose, GREAT HEALTHINESS—such healthiness as one not only possesses, but also constantly acquires and must acquire, because one unceasingly sacrifices it again, and must sacrifice it!
Wer mit seiner Seele die ganze Breite der bisher anerkannten Werte und Wünschbarkeiten erfahren und alle Küsten dieses idealen 'Mittelmeers' umschiffen möchte, wer aus den Abenteuern seiner persönlichsten Erfahrung wissen will, wie es sich anfühlt, ein Eroberer und Entdecker des Ideals zu sein — wie es ebenso mit dem Künstler, dem Heiligen, dem Gesetzgeber, dem Weisen, dem Gelehrten, dem Frommen, dem Propheten und dem gottgefälligen Nonkonformisten alten Stils bestellt ist: — der bedarf dafür vor allem einer Sache, der GROSSEN GESUNDHEIT — einer solchen Gesundheit, die man nicht nur besitzt, sondern auch beständig erwirbt und erwerben muss, weil man sie unaufhörlich wieder opfert und opfern muss!
Vocabulary
- weiß
- Know; first person singular of wissen
- meinen
- My (accusative plural) or to mean/think
- Sinn
- Sense, meaning, or purpose of something
- deutlicher
- More clearly or more distinctly expressed
- persönlicher
- More personal or more individually expressed
- ausdrücken
- To express or articulate something in words
- könnte
- Could; subjunctive form of können
- bereits
- Already; indicating something has occurred before
- letzten
- Last or final in a sequence or series
- Kapitel
- Chapter of a book or text
- Aphorismus
- Aphorism; a concise, witty statement of truth
- fünften
- Fifth; ordinal number in genitive form
- Buches
- Book; genitive singular form of Buch
- getan
- Done; past participle of tun
- Neuen
- The new ones; plural adjective used as noun
- Namenlosen
- The nameless ones; those without a name
- Schwer-zu-Verstehenden
- The difficult-to-understand ones; hard to comprehend
- heißt
- Is called; third person singular of heißen
- Erstlinge
- Firstlings; first ones or pioneers of something
- unerprobten
- Untested or unproven; not yet put to trial
- Zukunft
- Future; time that has not yet come
- brauchen
- To need or require something
- Zweck
- Purpose, goal, or objective of an action
- Mittel
- Means, method, or remedy for a purpose
- nämlich
- Namely or that is to say; used for clarification
- Gesundheit
- Health; physical and mental well-being
- stärker
- Stronger; comparative form of stark
- schärfer
- Sharper or keener; comparative form of scharf
- zäher
- Tougher or more tenacious; comparative of zäh
- verwegener
- Bolder or more daring; comparative of verwegen
- fröhlicher
- Merrier or happier; comparative of fröhlich
- bisher
- Until now or so far; up to this point
- Seele
- Soul or spirit; inner being of a person
- ganze
- Whole or entire; adjective indicating completeness
- Breite
- Breadth or width; the full extent of something
- anerkannten
- Recognized or acknowledged; accepted by general agreement
- Werte
- Values; principles regarded as important in life
- Wünschbarkeiten
- Desirabilities; things considered worthy of desire
- erfahren
- To experience or learn; also experienced as adjective
- Küsten
- Coasts or shores; edges of land meeting water
- idealen
- Ideal; adjective in declined form
- Mittelmeers
- Mediterranean Sea; genitive form of Mittelmeer
- umschiffen
- To sail around or circumnavigate by ship
- möchte
- Would like; subjunctive form of mögen
- Abenteuern
- Adventures; exciting or daring experiences
- persönlichsten
- Most personal; superlative of persönlich
- Erfahrung
- Experience; knowledge gained through practice
- wissen
- To know a fact or information
- anfühlt
- Feels like; reflexive verb for physical sensation
- Eroberer
- Conqueror; one who conquers lands or people
- Entdecker
- Discoverer or explorer; one who finds new things
- Ideals
- Ideal; genitive form of Ideal
- ebenso
- Likewise or equally; in the same manner
- Künstler
- Artist; person who creates art professionally
- Heiligen
- Saint or holy one; dative/accusative form
- Gesetzgeber
- Lawgiver or legislator; one who creates laws
- Weisen
- Wise ones or sages; plural of Weise
- Gelehrten
- Scholars or learned ones; dative plural form
- Frommen
- Pious ones or devout people; declined form
- Propheten
- Prophets; those who foretell or proclaim truth
- gottgefälligen
- Pleasing to God; adjective in declined form
- Nonkonformisten
- Nonconformists; those who reject established norms
- Stils
- Style; genitive singular form of Stil
- bestellt
- Appointed or destined; past participle of bestellen
- bedarf
- Needs or requires; third person singular of bedürfen
- dafür
- For it or for that purpose
- allem
- All; dative form, used in vor allem (above all)
- Sache
- Thing or matter; a subject or item
- GROSSEN
- Great; emphatic capitalized form of groß
- GESUNDHEIT
- Health; emphatic capitalized form highlighting importance
- solchen
- Such; dative form of solcher indicating type
- man
- One or you; impersonal pronoun for general statements
- besitzt
- Possesses or owns; third person singular of besitzen
- sondern
- But rather; conjunction contrasting after negation
- beständig
- Constantly or continuously; without interruption
- erwirbt
- Acquires or earns; third person singular of erwerben
- erwerben
- To acquire or obtain something through effort
- muss
- Must; third person singular of müssen
- unaufhörlich
- Incessantly or unceasingly; without stopping
- opfert
- Sacrifices; third person singular of opfern
- opfern
- To sacrifice or give up something valuable
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