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'."
Je ne sais comment exprimer ma pensée plus clairement ou plus personnellement que je ne l'ai déjà fait dans l'un des derniers chapitres (Aphorisme 382) du cinquième livre de la « Gaya Scienza ».
"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.
« Nous, les nouveaux, les sans-nom, les difficiles à comprendre, » — dit-il là, — « nous, prémices d'un avenir encore inexploré — nous avons besoin pour une nouvelle fin d'un nouveau moyen également, à savoir une nouvelle santé, plus forte, plus aiguë, plus tenace, plus hardie et plus joyeuse que toute santé jusqu'ici.
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!
Celui dont l'âme aspire à éprouver toute l'étendue des valeurs et des désirabilités reconnues jusqu'ici, et à circumnaviguer toutes les côtes de cette idéale « mer Méditerranée », qui, des aventures de son expérience la plus personnelle, veut savoir ce que l'on ressent à être un conquérant et un découvreur de l'idéal — tout comme ce qu'il en est de l'artiste, du saint, du législateur, du sage, du savant, du dévot, du prophète et du pieux non-conformiste de l'ancien style : — a besoin avant tout à cette fin d'une GRANDE SANTÉ — d'une telle santé que l'on non seulement possède, mais aussi acquiert constamment et doit acquérir, parce qu'on la sacrifie sans cesse à nouveau, et doit la sacrifier !
Vocabulary
- Je
- First person singular pronoun; I.
- ne
- Negative particle used in French negation constructions.
- sais
- Know; first/second person singular present of savoir.
- comment
- How; in what manner or way.
- exprimer
- To express; to communicate thoughts or feelings.
- ma
- My; feminine singular possessive adjective.
- pensée
- Thought; an idea or mental process.
- plus
- More; greater in quantity or degree.
- clairement
- Clearly; in a clear and understandable manner.
- ou
- Or; used to present alternatives.
- personnellement
- Personally; in a personal manner or capacity.
- que
- That; which; relative or subordinating conjunction.
- ai
- Have; first person singular present of avoir.
- déjà
- Already; previously or by now.
- fait
- Done; made; past participle of faire.
- dans
- In; inside or within a place.
- un
- A; one; indefinite article or number.
- des
- Some; plural indefinite article.
- derniers
- Last; most recent in time.
- chapitres
- Chapters; main sections of a book.
- Aphorisme
- Aphorism; a concise, witty, memorable statement.
- cinquième
- Fifth; ordinal number following fourth.
- livre
- Book; written work bound together.
- Nous
- We; first person plural pronoun.
- les
- The; definite article plural.
- nouveaux
- New; recently created or discovered.
- sans-nom
- Nameless; without a name or identity.
- difficiles
- Difficult; hard to understand or accomplish.
- comprendre
- To understand; to grasp meaning.
- dit-il
- He says; third person singular present.
- là
- There; in that place or location.
- prémices
- Beginnings; first signs or forerunners.
- avenir
- Future; time yet to come.
- encore
- Still; yet; continuing or again.
- inexploré
- Unexplored; not yet investigated or visited.
- avons
- Have; first person plural present of avoir.
- besoin
- Need; necessity or requirement.
- pour
- For; indicating purpose or destination.
- nouvelle
- New; novel or newly created.
- fin
- End; conclusion or termination.
- nouveau
- New; recently made or discovered.
- moyen
- Means; method or way to achieve.
- également
- Similarly; likewise or in same manner.
- savoir
- To know; to possess knowledge or information.
- santé
- Health; physical or mental well-being.
- forte
- Strong; possessing strength or power.
- aiguë
- Acute; sharp or severe.
- tenace
- Tenacious; persistent or holding firmly.
- hardie
- Bold; brave or daring in manner.
- joyeuse
- Joyful; full of joy or happiness.
- toute
- All; entire or complete.
- jusqu
- Until; up to a point.
- ici
- Here; in this place.
- Celui
- That one; he; demonstrative pronoun.
- dont
- Whose; of which; relative pronoun.
- âme
- Soul; spiritual or emotional essence.
- aspire
- Aspires; desires strongly to achieve.
- éprouver
- To experience; to undergo or feel.
- étendue
- Expanse; extent or range.
- valeurs
- Values; principles or worth.
- reconnues
- Recognized; acknowledged or admitted as valid.
- côtes
- Coasts; shorelines of land.
- cette
- This; feminine singular demonstrative adjective.
- idéale
- Ideal; perfect or most suitable.
- mer
- Sea; large body of salt water.
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