Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 4
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The notion of rearing the Superman is only a new form of an ideal Nietzsche already had in his youth, that "THE OBJECT OF MANKIND SHOULD LIE IN ITS HIGHEST INDIVIDUALS" (or, as he writes in "Schopenhauer as Educator": "Mankind ought constantly to be striving to produce great men—this and nothing else is its duty.")
La noción de criar al Superhombre es solo una nueva forma de un ideal que Nietzsche ya tenía en su juventud, según el cual «EL OBJETO DE LA HUMANIDAD DEBE RESIDIR EN SUS INDIVIDUOS MÁS ELEVADOS» (o, como escribe en «Schopenhauer como educador»: «La humanidad debería esforzarse constantemente por producir grandes hombres; esto, y nada más, es su deber.»)
But the ideals he most revered in those days are no longer held to be the highest types of men.
Pero los ideales que más veneraba en aquellos días ya no se consideran los tipos más elevados de hombres.
No, around this future ideal of a coming humanity—the Superman—the poet spread the veil of becoming.
No, en torno a este ideal futuro de una humanidad por venir —el Superhombre—, el poeta extendió el velo del devenir.
Who can tell to what glorious heights man can still ascend?
¿Quién puede decir a qué gloriosas alturas puede aún ascender el hombre?
That is why, after having tested the worth of our noblest ideal—that of the Saviour, in the light of the new valuations, the poet cries with passionate emphasis in "Zarathustra":
Por eso, tras haber puesto a prueba el valor de nuestro ideal más noble —el del Salvador— a la luz de las nuevas valoraciones, el poeta exclama con apasionado énfasis en «Zaratustra»:
"Never yet hath there been a Superman. Naked have I seen both of them, the greatest and the smallest man:—
«Jamás ha existido aún un Superhombre. Desnudos he visto a los dos, al hombre más grande y al más pequeño:—
All-too-similar are they still to each other. Verily even the greatest found I—all-too-human!"—
Demasiado semejantes son aún el uno al otro. ¡En verdad, incluso al más grande lo encontré —demasiado humano!»—
The phrase "the rearing of the Superman," has very often been misunderstood.
La expresión «la crianza del Superhombre» ha sido muy frecuentemente malinterpretada.
By the word "rearing," in this case, is meant the act of modifying by means of new and higher values—values which, as laws and guides of conduct and opinion, are now to rule over mankind.
Por la palabra «crianza», en este caso, se entiende el acto de transformar mediante valores nuevos y más elevados —valores que, como leyes y guías de conducta y opinión, han de regir ahora sobre la humanidad.
In general the doctrine of the Superman can only be understood correctly in conjunction with other ideas of the author's, such as:—the Order of Rank, the Will to Power, and the Transvaluation of all Values.
En general, la doctrina del Superhombre solo puede comprenderse correctamente en conjunción con otras ideas del autor, tales como: el Orden de Rango, la Voluntad de Poder y la Transvaloración de todos los Valores.
Vocabulary
- noción
- Notion, concept, or idea about something
- criar
- To raise, breed, or nurture children or animals
- Superhombre
- Superman, Übermensch (Nietzsche's concept)
- solo
- Only, alone, or solely
- nueva
- New (feminine form)
- forma
- Form, shape, or manner of something
- ideal
- Ideal, perfect standard or principle
- ya
- Already, yet, now (temporal adverb)
- juventud
- Youth, young age period
- según
- According to, as per (preposition)
- cual
- Which, that (relative pronoun)
- OBJETO
- Object, aim, or purpose
- HUMANIDAD
- Humanity, mankind, human beings collectively
- DEBE
- Must, should, ought to (obligation)
- RESIDIR
- To reside, dwell, or be located
- INDIVIDUOS
- Individuals, persons, single human beings
- ELEVADOS
- Elevated, lofty, or superior in status
- escribe
- Writes (third person singular present)
- educador
- Educator, teacher, or instructor
- humanidad
- Humanity, mankind, human beings collectively
- debería
- Should, ought to (conditional obligation)
- esforzarse
- To strive, effort, or make effort
- constantemente
- Constantly, continually, all the time
- producir
- To produce, create, or generate
- grandes
- Great, large, big (plural form)
- hombres
- Men, human beings (plural of hombre)
- esto
- This, this thing (demonstrative pronoun)
- nada
- Nothing, anything (negative pronoun)
- deber
- Duty, obligation, or must (verb/noun)
- Pero
- But, however (conjunction)
- ideales
- Ideals, perfect standards (plural noun)
- veneraba
- Venerated, revered, held sacred
- aquellos
- Those, that (masculine plural demonstrative)
- días
- Days (plural of día)
- consideran
- Are considered, regarded (passive voice)
- tipos
- Types, kinds, or characters
- elevados
- Elevated, lofty, or superior
- torno
- Around, about, or rotation
- este
- This, this one (demonstrative)
- futuro
- Future, coming time (noun or adjective)
- venir
- To come, arrive (infinitive verb)
- poeta
- Poet, person who writes poetry
- extendió
- Extended, stretched out (past tense)
- velo
- Veil, covering or shroud
- devenir
- Becoming, process of change or transformation
- Quién
- Who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
- puede
- Can, is able (third person singular)
- decir
- To say, tell, speak (infinitive)
- qué
- What (interrogative pronoun)
- gloriosas
- Glorious, magnificent (feminine plural)
- alturas
- Heights, high places or elevations
- aún
- Yet, still, even (temporal adverb)
- ascender
- To ascend, climb up, rise upward
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