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English → Japanese Preface Level 9/10

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."

彼らによれば、あらゆる一連の進化は預言者によって統括されており、すべての預言者はその「ハザール」——千年の王朝——を持っていた。」

All Zarathustra's views, as also his personality, were early conceptions of my brother's mind.

ツァラトゥストラのすべての見解も、またその人物像も、私の兄の心に早くから宿っていた構想であった。

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.

1869年から82年にかけての彼の遺稿を注意深く読む者は、ツァラトゥストラの思想と教義を示唆する箇所に絶えず出会うことであろう。

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:—

たとえば、超人の理想は1873年から75年にかけての彼のすべての著作の中に極めて明確に打ち出されており、「我々文献学者」においては、次のような注目すべき観察が見られる。——

"How can one praise and glorify a nation as a whole?—Even among the Greeks, it was the INDIVIDUALS that counted."

「いかにして一国民をその全体として称賛し賛美することができようか?——ギリシャ人の間においてさえも、重要だったのは個人であった。」

"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.

「ギリシャ人が興味深く、また極めて重要であるのは、彼らが非常に多くの偉大な個人を育てたからである。これはいかにして可能であったのか。この問いは研究されるべきものである。

"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.

「私が関心を持つのは、ある民族と個人の育成との関係のみであり、ギリシャ人の間では個人の発展のための条件が異常なほど有利であった。それはけっして民族の善良さによるものではなく、彼らの悪しき本能の葛藤によるものであった。

"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. Here we may still be hopeful: in the rearing of exceptional men.

「有利な手段の助けを借りることで、これまで単なる偶然によってのみ存在してきた者たちとは異なり、かつそれらよりも高い偉大な個人を育てることができるかもしれない。ここに我々はなお希望を持ちうる——すなわち、傑出した人間の育成において。

Vocabulary

彼ら
karera — They; those people (plural pronoun).
あらゆる
arayuru — Every; all kinds of; any and all.
一連
ichiren — A series; a sequence; a chain of events.
進化
shinka — Evolution; development; progress and advancement.
預言者
yogensha — Prophet; one who foretells future events.
統括
tougkatsu — Oversee; consolidate; manage comprehensively overall.
おり
ori — Occasion; time; opportunity; situation or circumstance.
すべて
subete — All; everything; the whole; complete totality.
その
sono — That; those (demonstrative adjective).
千年
sennen — Thousand years; millennium; very long period.
王朝
oudou — Dynasty; royal house; ruling family line.
持っ
mott — Hold; carry; possess (stem form).
見解
kenkaku — Opinion; view; perspective; interpretation and judgment.
また
mata — Again; also; moreover; and; once more.
人物像
jinbutsu-zou — Character portrait; depiction of a person's nature.
早く
hayaku — Early; quickly; soon; at an early time.
から
kara — From; because; since (particle, postposition).
構想
kousou — Plan; conception; idea; design or intention.
かけ
kake — Lacking; missing; incomplete; during or in progress.
遺稿
ikougo — Posthumous manuscript; unfinished work left behind.
注意
chuui — Attention; caution; warning; care and consideration.
深く
fukaku — Deeply; profoundly; thoroughly; to great depth.
読む
yomu — Read; interpret; understand written or printed text.
思想
shisou — Thought; idea; philosophy; ideology or belief.
教義
kyougi — Doctrine; teaching; religious or philosophical principle.
示唆
shisa — Suggestion; hint; implication; to suggest indirectly.
する
suru — Do; make; perform; act; execute action.
箇所
kasho — Place; location; spot; passage in text.
絶えず
taezu — Constantly; continually; incessantly; without interruption.
出会う
deai — Meet; encounter; come across; run into.
こと
koto — Thing; matter; fact; event; case or instance.
たとえ
tatoe — Even if; although; for example; metaphor.
超人
choujin — Superman; superhuman; superior person beyond ordinary.
理想
risou — Ideal; ideal state; aspiration; perfect vision.
著作
chosaku — Authorship; literary work; written composition; publication.
極めて
kiwamete — Extremely; very; exceedingly; to great degree.
明確
meikaku — Clear; distinct; obvious; definite and unambiguous.
我々
wareware — We; us; ourselves; our collective group here.
文献学者
bunkensgakusha — Scholar; philologist; expert in literary and historical texts.
よう
you — Appearance; manner; way; seems to be.
注目
chuumoku — Attention; notice; focus; pay heed to.
べき
beki — Should; ought to; must; proper or right.
観察
kansatsu — Observation; observation; watching; examining carefully.
いかに
ikani — How; in what way; how much; to extent.
国民
kokumin — Nation; people; nationals; citizens of country.
全体
zentai — Whole; entire; all; complete totality as unit.
称賛
shousan — Praise; commendation; approval; expressing admiration greatly.
賛美
sanbi — Praise; adoration; glorification; expressing high admiration.
でき
deki — Be able; can; possible; result or product.
ギリシャ
girisha — Greece; Greek nation; ancient Hellenic civilization.
さえ
sae — Even; even just; barely; particle of emphasis.
重要
juuyou — Important; significant; crucial; having great consequence.
個人
kojin — Individual; person; private; single separate entity.
興味
kyoumi — Interest; curiosity; concern; attraction or fascination.
ある
aru — Be; exist; have; possess or located somewhere.
非常
hijou — Exceptional; extraordinary; emergency; unusual or extreme.
多く
ooku — Many; much; most; great quantity or number.
偉大
idai — Great; grand; magnificent; impressive and admirable.
育て
sodate — Raise; nurture; educate; bring up or develop.
これ
kore — This; this one; these things; present matter.
可能
kanou — Possible; feasible; capable; able to be done.
この
kono — This; these (demonstrative adjective).
問い
toi — Question; inquiry; interrogation; something being asked.
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