Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 5
He assumes that Christianity, as a product of the resentment of the botched and the weak, has put in ban all that is beautiful, strong, proud, and powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote or elevate life have been seriously undermined.
Il suppose que le christianisme, en tant que produit du ressentiment des ratés et des faibles, a mis au ban tout ce qui est beau, fort, fier et puissant, en fait toutes les qualités découlant de la force, et que, par conséquent, toutes les forces qui tendent à promouvoir ou à élever la vie ont été sérieusement sapées.
Now, however, a new table of valuations must be placed over mankind—namely, that of the strong, mighty, and magnificent man, overflowing with life and elevated to his zenith—the Superman, who is now put before us with overpowering passion as the aim of our life, hope, and will.
Désormais, cependant, une nouvelle table de valeurs doit être placée au-dessus de l'humanité — à savoir celle de l'homme fort, puissant et magnifique, débordant de vie et élevé à son zénith — le Surhomme, qui nous est maintenant présenté avec une passion irrésistible comme le but de notre vie, de notre espoir et de notre volonté.
And just as the old system of valuing, which only extolled the qualities favourable to the weak, the suffering, and the oppressed, has succeeded in producing a weak, suffering, and "modern" race, so this new and reversed system of valuing ought to rear a healthy, strong, lively, and courageous type, which would be a glory to life itself.
Et tout comme l'ancien système de valeurs, qui n'exaltait que les qualités favorables aux faibles, aux souffrants et aux opprimés, a réussi à produire une race faible, souffrante et « moderne », ce nouveau système de valeurs inversé devrait élever un type sain, fort, vif et courageux, qui serait une gloire pour la vie elle-même.
Stated briefly, the leading principle of this new system of valuing would be: "All that proceeds from power is good, all that springs from weakness is bad."
Formulé brièvement, le principe directeur de ce nouveau système de valeurs serait : « Tout ce qui procède de la puissance est bon, tout ce qui naît de la faiblesse est mauvais. »
This type must not be regarded as a fanciful figure: it is not a nebulous hope which is to be realised at some indefinitely remote period, thousands of years hence; nor is it a new species (in the Darwinian sense) of which we can know nothing, and which it would therefore be somewhat absurd to strive after.
Ce type ne doit pas être considéré comme une figure fantaisiste : ce n'est pas un espoir nébuleux devant se réaliser à quelque époque indéfiniment lointaine, dans des milliers d'années ; ce n'est pas non plus une nouvelle espèce (au sens darwinien) dont nous ne pourrions rien savoir, et qu'il serait donc quelque peu absurde de chercher à atteindre.
Vocabulary
- suppose
- suh-pohz — Assumes or presupposes something to be true.
- christianisme
- krees-tyah-neesm — The religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- tant
- tahn — Used in 'en tant que' meaning 'as' or 'in the capacity of.'
- produit
- proh-dwee — Product or result; something produced by a process.
- ressentiment
- ruh-sahn-tee-mahn — Deep-seated bitterness or resentment toward others.
- ratés
- rah-tay — Failures or losers; people who have not succeeded in life.
- faibles
- fehbl — Weak individuals; lacking strength or power.
- mis
- mee — Past participle of 'mettre,' meaning 'put' or 'placed.'
- ban
- bahn — Banishment or exclusion; 'mettre au ban' means to ostracize.
- tout
- too — All, everything, or every; indicates totality.
- beau
- boh — Beautiful or handsome; aesthetically pleasing.
- fort
- fohr — Strong or powerful; having great physical or moral strength.
- fier
- fyehr — Proud; having a sense of dignity and self-respect.
- puissant
- pwee-sahn — Powerful or mighty; possessing great strength or authority.
- qualités
- kah-lee-tay — Qualities or virtues; positive characteristics of a person or thing.
- découlant
- day-koo-lahn — Flowing from or resulting; deriving as a consequence.
- force
- fohrs — Strength or power; the capacity to exert influence or effort.
- conséquent
- kohn-say-kahn — Consequent; following as a result; used in 'par conséquent' meaning 'therefore.'
- forces
- fohrs — Plural of 'force'; strengths or powers.
- tendent
- tahnd — Third person plural of 'tendre,' meaning 'tend' or 'incline toward.'
- promouvoir
- proh-moo-vwahr — To promote or advance something or someone.
- élever
- ay-luh-vay — To raise, elevate, or bring up to a higher level.
- vie
- vee — Life; the state of being alive or one's existence.
- sérieusement
- say-ryuhz-mahn — Seriously; in a grave or significant manner.
- sapées
- sah-pay — Undermined or weakened; eroded gradually from below.
- Désormais
- day-zohr-meh — Henceforth or from now on; indicating a new situation going forward.
- cependant
- suh-pahn-dahn — However or nevertheless; introducing a contrasting statement.
- nouvelle
- noo-vehl — New or novel; feminine form of 'nouveau.'
- table
- tahbl — Table; also used metaphorically for a set of values or laws.
- valeurs
- vah-luhr — Values; principles or standards considered important in life.
- doit
- dwah — Third person singular of 'devoir,' meaning 'must' or 'has to.'
- être
- ehtr — To be; the fundamental verb of existence or identity.
- placée
- plah-say — Placed or positioned; feminine past participle of 'placer.'
- au-dessus
- oh-duh-sew — Above or over; at a higher position than something else.
- humanité
- ew-mah-nee-tay — Humanity; all human beings collectively; human nature.
- savoir
- sah-vwahr — To know; also used as 'à savoir' meaning 'namely' or 'that is.'
- celle
- sehl — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that one' or 'the one' (feminine).
- homme
- ohm — Man; an adult male human being.
- magnifique
- mah-nyee-feek — Magnificent or splendid; impressively grand or beautiful.
- débordant
- day-bohr-dahn — Overflowing or brimming; abundantly full of energy or emotion.
- élevé
- ay-luh-vay — Elevated or high; raised to a superior level.
- zénith
- zay-neet — Zenith; the highest point or peak of something.
- Surhomme
- sewr-ohm — Superman or Overman; Nietzsche's ideal of a superior human being.
- maintenant
- man-tuh-nahn — Now; at the present time or moment.
- présenté
- pray-zahn-tay — Presented or introduced; shown or offered to an audience.
- passion
- pah-syohn — Passion; intense enthusiasm or strong emotion toward something.
- irrésistible
- ee-ray-zees-teebl — Irresistible; impossible to resist or refuse.
- but
- bewt — Goal or aim; the purpose or objective one seeks to achieve.
- espoir
- ehs-pwahr — Hope; a feeling of expectation and desire for a positive outcome.
- volonté
- voh-lohn-tay — Will or willpower; the faculty of conscious choice and decision.
- ancien
- ahn-syahn — Old or former; existing for a long time or in the past.
- système
- sees-tehm — System; an organized set of principles or methods.
- exaltait
- ehg-zahl-teh — Exalted or glorified; praised highly (imperfect tense).
- favorables
- fah-voh-rahbl — Favorable; advantageous or supportive conditions or qualities.
- souffrants
- soo-frahn — Suffering individuals; those experiencing pain or hardship.
- opprimés
- oh-pree-may — Oppressed people; those subjected to unjust treatment or control.
- réussi
- ray-ew-see — Succeeded or managed to do; past participle of 'réussir.'
- produire
- proh-dweer — To produce or generate; to bring something into existence.
- race
- rahs — Race or breed; a group sharing common ancestry or characteristics.
- faible
- fehbl — Weak; lacking strength, power, or vigor.
- souffrante
- soo-frahnt — Suffering; experiencing pain, distress, or hardship (feminine).
- moderne
- moh-dehrn — Modern; relating to the present or recent times.
- nouveau
- noo-voh — New; recently created or different from before (masculine).
- inversé
- an-vehr-say — Reversed or inverted; turned around to the opposite direction.
- devrait
- duh-vreh — Should or ought to; conditional form of 'devoir.'
- type
- teep — Type or kind; a category of person or thing with shared traits.
- sain
- san — Healthy or wholesome; in good physical or moral condition.
- vif
- veef — Lively or vivid; full of energy and quick in movement or thought.
- courageux
- koo-rah-zhuh — Courageous or brave; showing readiness to face danger or difficulty.
- serait
- suh-reh — Would be; conditional form of 'être.'
- gloire
- glwahr — Glory or fame; great honor and admiration from others.
- elle-même
- ehl-mehm — Herself or itself; reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject.
- Formulé
- fohr-mew-lay — Formulated or expressed; stated clearly in a specific form.
- brièvement
- bryehv-mahn — Briefly; in a concise or short manner.
- principe
- pran-seep — Principle; a fundamental rule or belief guiding behavior.
- directeur
- dee-rehk-tuhr — Guiding or directing; a guiding principle or director.
- Tout
- too — Everything or all; indicating complete totality.
- procède
- proh-sehd — Proceeds or derives from; comes forth from a source.
- puissance
- pwee-sahns — Power or might; the capacity to exert great force or authority.
- bon
- bohn — Good; having positive qualities or moral virtue.
- naît
- neh — Is born or arises; originates from a particular source.
- faiblesse
- feh-blehs — Weakness; lack of strength, power, or resilience.
- mauvais
- moh-veh — Bad or evil; of poor quality or morally wrong.
- considéré
- kohn-see-day-ray — Considered or regarded; thought of in a particular way.
- figure
- fee-gewr — Figure or character; an imagined or real person or concept.
- fantaisiste
- fahn-teh-zeest — Fanciful or whimsical; unrealistically imaginative or fantastic.
- nébuleux
- nay-bew-luh — Nebulous or vague; unclear and lacking definite form.
- devant
- duh-vahn — Before or in front of; ahead in space or time.
- réaliser
- ray-ah-lee-zay — To realize or achieve; to make something actual or concrete.
- quelque
- kehl-kuh — Some or a few; an indefinite small quantity or number.
- époque
- ay-pohk — Epoch or era; a distinct period of time in history.
- indéfiniment
- an-day-fee-nee-mahn — Indefinitely; without a defined end or limit in time.
- lointaine
- lwan-tehn — Distant or far off; remote in space or time (feminine).
- milliers
- mee-lyay — Thousands; large numbers in the thousands.
- années
- ah-nay — Years; periods of twelve months.
- espèce
- ehs-pehs — Species or kind; a category of beings sharing common traits.
- sens
- sahns — Sense or meaning; the significance or direction of something.
- darwinien
- dahr-vee-nyahn — Darwinian; relating to Darwin's theory of natural selection.
- dont
- dohn — Relative pronoun meaning 'of which,' 'whose,' or 'from which.'
- pourrions
- poo-ryohn — Could; first person plural conditional of 'pouvoir.'
- rien
- ryahn — Nothing; not anything; used in negative constructions.
- donc
- dohnk — Therefore or so; indicating a logical conclusion or result.
- peu
- puh — Little or few; a small amount or degree of something.
- absurde
- ahb-sewrd — Absurd; wildly unreasonable or illogical.
- chercher
- shehr-shay — To search or look for; to try to find something.
- atteindre
- ah-tandr — To reach or attain; to achieve a goal or arrive at a destination.
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