Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 9
Another ideal runs on before us, a strange, tempting ideal full of danger, to which we should not like to persuade any one, because we do not so readily acknowledge any one's RIGHT THERETO: the ideal of a spirit who plays naively (that is to say involuntarily and from overflowing abundance and power) with everything that has hitherto been called holy, good, intangible, or divine; to whom the loftiest conception which the people have reasonably made their measure of value, would already practically imply danger, ruin, abasement, or at least relaxation, blindness, or temporary self-forgetfulness; the ideal of a humanly superhuman welfare and benevolence, which will often enough appear INHUMAN, for example, when put alongside of all past seriousness on earth, and alongside of all past solemnities in bearing, word, tone, look, morality, and pursuit, as their truest involuntary parody—and WITH which, nevertheless, perhaps THE GREAT SERIOUSNESS only commences, when the proper interrogative mark is set up, the fate of the soul changes, the hour-hand moves, and tragedy begins..."
別の理想が我々の前方を走っている——危険に満ちた奇妙で魅惑的な理想、それへの権利をそれほど容易には認めないがゆえに、誰にも勧めたくないような理想:これまで神聖、善良、不可侵、あるいは神的と呼ばれてきたすべてのものと、天真爛漫に(すなわち不本意に、そして溢れんばかりの豊かさと力から)戯れる精神の理想;人々が合理的に自らの価値の尺度としてきた最高の概念が、その者にとっては既に実際上、危険、破滅、卑下、あるいは少なくとも弛緩、盲目、または一時的な自己忘却を意味するような精神;人間的でありながら超人的な幸福と慈愛の理想——それは非人間的と映ることも十分ありうる、例えば、地上のあらゆる過去の真剣さと並べられ、態度、言葉、口調、眼差し、道徳、そして行為におけるあらゆる過去の荘厳さと並べられるとき、それらの最も真正な不本意なパロディとして——そして、それと共に、おそらく大いなる真剣さのみが始まるのだ、適切な疑問符が立てられ、魂の運命が変わり、時計の短針が動き、悲劇が始まるときに……
Although the figure of Zarathustra and a large number of the leading thoughts in this work had appeared much earlier in the dreams and writings of the author, "Thus Spake Zarathustra" did not actually come into being until the month of August 1881 in Sils Maria; and it was the idea of the Eternal Recurrence of all things which finally induced my brother to set forth his new views in poetic language.
ツァラトゥストラの形象およびこの作品における主要な思想の多くは、著者の夢想や著作においてずっと以前から現れていたものの、『かくはツァラトゥストラは語りき』が実際に誕生したのは、1881年8月のジルス・マリアにおいてであった;そして、あらゆる事物の永劫回帰の思想こそが、ついに私の兄弟をして、その新たな見解を詩的な言語で表明するよう促したものであった。
Vocabulary
- 別の
- betsu no — Another; a different one from before.
- 理想
- risō — Ideal; a perfect standard or goal.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
- 前方
- zenpō — Forward; the area or direction ahead.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 走っ
- hashit(te) — Run; to move quickly on foot (conjunctive).
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses or actions.
- いる
- iru — To be; indicates ongoing action or state.
- 危険
- kiken — Danger; a state of being risky or hazardous.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose.
- 満ち
- michi — Filled with; full of something (conjunctive form).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action.
- 奇妙
- kimyō — Strange; bizarre; peculiarly unusual or odd.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or conjunction.
- 魅惑
- miwaku — Fascination; charm; the power to captivate others.
- 的
- teki — Suffix forming adjectives meaning '-like' or '-ical'.
- な
- na — Adjectival copula linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- それ
- sore — That; a pronoun referring to something nearby or mentioned.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'.
- 権利
- kenri — Right; a legal or moral entitlement one possesses.
- それほど
- sorehodo — To that extent; so much; that degree of something.
- 容易
- yōi — Easy; simple; not requiring much effort.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic.
- 認め
- mitome — Acknowledge; recognize; admit something as valid.
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; indicates negation of a verb.
- ゆえ
- yue — Therefore; because; for that reason (formal/literary).
- 誰
- dare — Who; an interrogative pronoun asking about a person.
- も
- mo — Also; even; particle adding emphasis or inclusion.
- 勧め
- susume — Recommend; advise; encourage someone to do something.
- たく
- taku — Want to (do); desiderative auxiliary verb form.
- よう
- yō — Seems; like; conjecture or resemblance auxiliary.
- これ
- kore — This; a proximal pronoun referring to nearby thing.
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as a point in time.
- 神聖
- shinsei — Sacred; holy; regarded as divine or inviolable.
- 善良
- zenryō — Virtuous; good-natured; morally upright and kind.
- 不可侵
- fukkashin — Inviolable; cannot be invaded or transgressed.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; indicates existence of something.
- 神的
- shinteki — Divine; of or relating to a god or deity.
- と
- to — Quotation particle; and; with; used for conjunctions.
- 呼ば
- yoba — Called; named; referred to as (passive base form).
- れ
- re — Passive voice auxiliary suffix attached to verb stems.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; the entirety of things or people.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; nominalizer referring to abstract things.
- 天真爛漫
- tenshin ranman — Innocent and carefree; artlessly natural and open-hearted.
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words (formal connector).
- 不本意
- fuhon'i — Unwilling; against one's will or true intention.
- そして
- soshite — And then; and; a conjunctive linking sequential clauses.
- 溢れ
- afure — Overflow; brim over; be filled to excess.
- ばかり
- bakari — Only; just; about; approximately; nothing but.
- 豊か
- yutaka — Rich; abundant; plentiful in resources or quality.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjectives into nouns.
- 力
- chikara — Power; strength; force; ability to accomplish things.
- から
- kara — From; because; particle indicating origin or reason.
- 戯れる
- tawamureru — To frolic; play; sport about in a carefree way.
- 精神
- seishin — Spirit; mind; mental or psychological essence of being.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; persons; human beings collectively.
- 合理的
- gōriteki — Rational; logical; based on reason and sound judgment.
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally and independently.
- 価値
- kachi — Value; worth; the importance or merit of something.
- 尺度
- shakudo — Measure; scale; a standard for evaluating or judging.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form; and; or listing multiple reasons.
- 最高
- saikō — Highest; supreme; the greatest degree or level.
- 概念
- gainen — Concept; notion; an abstract idea or mental category.
- その
- sono — That; a demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does something; an individual agent.
- とっ
- tot(te) — For; from the perspective of (te-form of とる).
- 既に
- sude ni — Already; by now; having occurred before the present.
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; in practical terms or fact.
- 上
- ue / jō — Above; on top; in terms of; regarding a matter.
- 破滅
- hametsu — Ruin; destruction; complete downfall or collapse of something.
- 卑下
- hige — Self-deprecation; humiliation; lowering oneself excessively.
- 少なくとも
- sukunakutomo — At least; at a minimum; not less than a certain amount.
- 弛緩
- shikan — Relaxation; slackening; loosening of tension or effort.
- 盲目
- mōmoku — Blind; lacking sight or discernment; willful ignorance.
- または
- mata wa — Or; alternatively; one of two presented options.
- 一時的
- ichijiteki — Temporary; momentary; lasting only a short time.
- 自己
- jiko — Self; oneself; one's own person or identity.
- 忘却
- bōkyaku — Oblivion; forgetting; the state of having forgotten something.
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; what something denotes or implies.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general-purpose action verb.
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; mankind; a person as a species member.
- あり
- ari — Being; existing (conjunctive form of ある, literary).
- ながら
- nagara — While; even though; doing two things simultaneously.
- 超人
- chōjin — Superman; overman; Nietzsche's ideal transcendent human being.
- 幸福
- kōfuku — Happiness; bliss; a state of complete well-being.
- 慈愛
- jiai — Benevolence; loving kindness; compassionate affection for others.
- 非
- hi — Non-; un-; a prefix negating or opposing something.
- 映る
- utsuru — To reflect; appear; seem in one's eyes or perception.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- 十分
- jūbun — Sufficient; enough; adequate for the required purpose.
- うる
- uru — Can; be able to; potential auxiliary (literary form).
- 例えば
- tatoeba — For example; for instance; used to introduce illustrations.
- 地上
- chijō — On earth; above ground; the surface of the world.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All; every; each and every kind or type.
- 過去
- kako — Past; history; time that has already elapsed.
- 真剣
- shinken — Serious; earnest; with genuine concentration and sincerity.
- 並べ
- narabe — Line up; arrange; place items side by side.
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary attached to verb stems.
- 態度
- taido — Attitude; manner; one's bearing or behavioral disposition.
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words; language; a spoken or written expression.
- 口調
- kuchō — Tone of voice; manner of speaking or phrasing.
- 眼差し
- manazashi — Gaze; look; the expression conveyed through one's eyes.
- 道徳
- dōtoku — Morality; ethics; principles governing right conduct.
- 行為
- kōi — Act; deed; a conscious action or behavior performed.
- おける
- okeru — In; at; concerning (formal literary locative expression).
- 荘厳
- sōgon — Solemn; majestic; impressively grand and dignified.
- られる
- rareru — Passive/potential auxiliary; can do or being done.
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when a particular situation occurs.
- それら
- sorera — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun for multiple things.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; the highest degree of a quality or attribute.
- 真正
- shinsei — Genuine; authentic; truly the real thing without falseness.
- パロディ
- parodi — Parody; a comic or satirical imitation of something.
- 共に
- tomo ni — Together; along with; jointly sharing an activity or state.
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; expressing a degree of conjecture.
- 大いなる
- ōinaru — Great; grand; of large or magnificent scale (literary).
- 始まる
- hajimaru — To begin; to start; to commence from a point.
- だ
- da — Copula; is; informal form of です asserting something.
- 適切
- tekisetsu — Appropriate; suitable; fitting for a given situation.
- 疑問
- gimon — Question; doubt; a point of uncertainty or inquiry.
- 符
- fu — Mark; sign; symbol used in writing or notation.
- 立て
- tate — Set up; raise; erect (conjunctive form of 立てる).
- 魂
- tamashii — Soul; spirit; the inner essence of a living being.
- 運命
- unmei — Fate; destiny; the inevitable course of one's life.
- 変わり
- kawari — Change; shift; the act or state of transforming.
- 時計
- tokei — Clock; watch; a device measuring or displaying time.
- 短針
- tanshin — Hour hand; the shorter hand of an analog clock.
- 動き
- ugoki — Movement; motion; the act or manner of moving.
- 悲劇
- higeki — Tragedy; a disastrous event or dramatic tragic work.
- 形象
- keishō — Figure; image; a symbolic or representative visual form.
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; formal conjunction linking items together.
- この
- kono — This; a proximal demonstrative adjective modifying a noun.
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; piece; a creative or artistic production.
- 主要
- shuyō — Main; principal; most important or central in significance.
- 思想
- shisō — Thought; ideology; a system of philosophical ideas.
- 多く
- ōku — Many; much; a large number or quantity of things.
- 著者
- chosha — Author; writer; the person who composed a work.
- 夢想
- musō — Dream; fantasy; idle imagining or visionary thinking.
- や
- ya — And; or; particle listing items in a non-exhaustive way.
- 著作
- chosaku — Written work; literary production; an authored publication.
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously; by far; for a long time.
- 以前
- izen — Before; previously; prior to a certain point in time.
- 現れ
- araware — Appear; emerge; come into view or existence.
- 語り
- katari — Narration; telling; the act of speaking or recounting.
- 誕生
- tanjō — Birth; the event of being born or coming into existence.
- 年
- nen — Year; a unit of time equal to twelve months.
- 月
- tsuki / gatsu — Month; moon; one of twelve divisions of the year.
- 事物
- jibutsu — Things; objects; affairs; matters existing in the world.
- 永劫
- eigō — Eternity; an infinitely long span of time (literary).
- 回帰
- kaiki — Return; recurrence; cycling back to an original state.
- こそ
- koso — Emphatic particle stressing the preceding word or phrase.
- ついに
- tsui ni — Finally; at last; after a long time something happens.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun (standard form).
- 兄弟
- kyōdai — Siblings; brothers; used also for comrades or brethren.
- 新た
- arata — New; fresh; renewed in a different or better way.
- 見解
- kenkai — View; opinion; one's understanding or interpretation of something.
- 詩的
- shiteki — Poetic; relating to or having the quality of poetry.
- 言語
- gengo — Language; a system of communication using words or signs.
- 表明
- hyōmei — Declaration; expression; making one's view clearly known.
- 促し
- unagashi — Urge; prompt; encourage someone toward a certain action.
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