Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None


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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism.

Thus Spake Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra), is a work composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science. Described by Nietzsche himself as "the deepest ever written", the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra. A central irony of the text is that the style of the Bible is used by Nietzsche to present ideas of his which fundamentally oppose Judaeo-Christian morality and tradition. (Summary from Wikipedia) (0 hr 39 min)

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Zarathustra's Prologue 35:29 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: I. The Three Metamorphoses 5:20 Gelesen von Seth Woodworth
Part 1: II. The Academic Chairs of Virtue 6:27 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: III. Backworldsmen 7:58 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: IV. The Despisers of the Body 5:04 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: V. Joys and Passions 4:31 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: VI. The Pale Criminal 4:39 Gelesen von Connor Riley
Part 1: VII. Reading and Writing 3:23 Gelesen von Connor Riley
Part 1: VIII. The Tree on the Hill 5:26 Gelesen von Kirsten Ferreri
Part 1: IX. The Preachers of Death 3:30 Gelesen von Connor Riley
Part 1: X. War and Warriors 3:40 Gelesen von Kirsten Ferreri
Part 1: XI. The New Idol 5:34 Gelesen von Kirsten Ferreri
Part 1: XII. The Flies in the Market-place 5:52 Gelesen von Connor Riley
Part 1: XIII. Chastity 2:21 Gelesen von Connor Riley
Part 1: XIV. The Friend 5:13 Gelesen von Gesine
Part 1: XV. The Thousand and One Goals 5:11 Gelesen von Kirsten Ferreri
Part 1: XVI. Neighbour-Love 4:21 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: XVII. The Way of the Creating One 7:06 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: XVIII. Old and Young Women 5:52 Gelesen von Chris Masterson
Part 1: XIX. The Bite of the Adder 5:08 Gelesen von GerryR
Part 1: XX. Child and Marriage 4:09 Gelesen von Kirsten Ferreri
Part 1: XXI. Voluntary Death 7:41 Gelesen von GerryR
Part 1: XXII. The Bestowing Virtue 13:49 Gelesen von GerryR
Part 2: XXIII. The Child with the Mirror 6:00 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXIV. In the Happy Isles 6:32 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXV. The Pitiful 6:54 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXVI. The Priests 6:06 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXVII. The Virtuous 7:23 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXVIII. The Rabble 6:25 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXIX. The Tarantulas 7:36 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXX. The Famous Wise Ones 6:35 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXI. The Night-Song 4:45 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXII. The Dance-Song 5:50 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXIII. The Grave-Song 7:35 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXIV. Self-Surpassing 8:04 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXV. The Sublime Ones 5:54 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXVI. The Land of Culture 6:04 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXVII. Immaculate Perception 6:28 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXVIII. Scholars 4:26 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XXXIX. Poets 7:17 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XL. Great Events 8:32 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XLI. The Soothsayer 9:55 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XLII. Redemption 12:49 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XLIII. Manly Prudence 7:28 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 2: XLIV. The Stillest Hour 9:16 Gelesen von Geoff Dugwyler
Part 3: XLV. The Wanderer 9:20 Gelesen von Gesine
Part 3: XLVI. The Vision and the Enigma 14:06 Gelesen von Gesine
Part 3: XLVII. Involuntary Bliss 8:21 Gelesen von Dromiceius
Part 3: XLVIII. Before Sunrise 7:51 Gelesen von Gesine
Part 3: XLIX. The Bedwarfing Virtue 12:57 Gelesen von Gesine
Part 3: L. On the Olive-Mount 7:51 Gelesen von Jordan Schneider
Part 3: LI. On Passing-by 7:27 Gelesen von Jordan Schneider
Part 3: LII. The Apostates 12:29 Gelesen von Jc Guan
Part 3: LIII. The Return Home 12:08 Gelesen von Jc Guan
Part 3: LIV. The Three Evil Things 15:11 Gelesen von Jc Guan
Part 3: LV. The Spirit of Gravity 10:44 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 3: LVI. Old and New Tables 44:45 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 3: LVII. The Convalescent 16:13 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 3: LVIII. The Great Longing 7:22 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 3: LIX. The Second Dance-Song 8:48 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 3: LX. The Seven Seals 8:00 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 4: LXI. The Honey Sacrifice 11:46 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXII. The Cry of Distress 9:54 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXIII. Talk with the Kings 10:26 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXIV. The Leech 9:24 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXV. The Magician 14:47 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXVI. Out of Service 13:37 Gelesen von D.E. Wittkower
Part 4: LXVII. The Ugliest Man 14:43 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXVIII. The Voluntary Beggar 13:47 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXIX. The Shadow 9:57 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXX. Noon-Tide 8:54 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXXI. The Greeting 15:58 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXXII. The Supper 6:38 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXIII. The Higher Man 26:29 Gelesen von Ashwin Jain
Part 4: LXXIV. The Song of Melancholy 8:55 Gelesen von Leon Mire
Part 4: LXXV. Science 8:02 Gelesen von Leon Mire
Part 4: LXXVI. Among Daughters of the Desert 10:11 Gelesen von Leon Mire
Part 4: LXXVII. The Awakening 7:48 Gelesen von The Purple Poodle
Part 4: LXXVIII. The Ass-Festival 10:03 Gelesen von GerryR
Part 4: LXXIX. The Drunken Song 20:24 Gelesen von TimSC
Part 4: LXXX. The Sign 8:32 Gelesen von TimSC

Bewertungen

Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra


(5 stars)

This was the last book i needed to read to complete the Nietzsche collection and it didn't disappoint. i guess it's time to move on to a new Philosopher.

Great book, Most Volunteers Adept


(3 stars)

This book is very interesting, but there are three different speakers who are so grating that it almost made me stop. There is a man who seems to be reading as if he's doing a false voice in Involuntary bliss but thankfully reads only once, a woman reading Three Evil Things who is not a native speaker and mispronounced so many words that were meant to be emphasized in a powerful way that it was a total dis-service to the passage's meaning and the worst of the entire book, and the speaker for The Greeting and a few before it is not only a non-native speaker but I could hear horns, construction, birds, and even what seemed to be voices in the background. Somehow, all these noises are still not as problematic as the speakers misunderstanding of English cadence and, obviously, pronunciation. I appreciate what volunteers do for Librivox, but maybe it's best if you don't volunteer for complex subject matter when the most basic of language is still beyond you. Aside from these, 85% of the volunteers are delightful.

What does it all mean??!


(5 stars)

Thank thanks to all the volunteers who read this. This work is a treasure trove of wisdom and thanks to Librivox, long trips in the car have become a lot more engaging. Nietzsche is like a Western Confucius. Compare the ideas and symbols in this novel with those of Twilight of the Idols, Beyond Good and Evil, and the Will to Power and common threads starr becoming apparent.

Mixed


(4.5 stars)

Mixed quality of readers, some with background street noise, or poorly read, but generally acceptable. The importance of the work for Nietzsche studies and the quality of the work though make it indispensable.


(4 stars)

amazing read on most parts, but certain voices and constantly changing accents sometimes threw me off completely. apart from that a magnificent prose!

A noble effort, but a few of the readers were hard to follow.


(2.5 stars)

Great


(5 stars)

Although some of the recordings had some annoyances overall good reading.


(4 stars)

Fantastic book! Readers were awful for the most part.