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PhilosophersNotes on Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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“But by my love and hope I beseech you: do not throw away the hero in your soul! Hold holy your highest hope!” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche from Thus Spoke Zarathustra
You ready for some Nietzsche? Let’s start with how you say the guy’s name shall we? You can pronounce “Nietzsche” either “knee-chee” or “knee-cha.” (I prefer the latter…sounds cooler, don’t you think? ;)
With that behind us, you’re ready for a warning: Be warned: The man, as they say, delivers his philosophy with a hammer. As Walter Kaufmann brilliantly articulates in the foreword, Nietzsche “is a dedicated enemy of all convention, intent on exposing the stupidity and arbitrariness of custom.”
In this PhilosophersNote, we’ll explore the Big Ideas from one of Nietzsche’s most famous books—we’ll see what he meant when he said that “God is dead!” and the chaos we need to embrace to go beyond society’s concepts of “good and evil” and truly live the life of the “uberman.” This book rocks and me thinks you’ll love this Note.
