Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Modern Library Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER
A landmark work of philosophy and of literature, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is
the fullest expression of Nietzche's belief that "the object of mankind
should lie in its highest individuals." In his thirtieth year Zarathustra -
the archetypal Ubermensch representative of supreme passion and creativity -
abandons his home for the mountains, where he lives, literally and
figuratively, on a level of experience far above the conventional standards
of good and evil. The exuberant, poetic testimony of Nietzche's great
messianic hero (and alter ego) is a vivid demonstration of the philosopher's
genius. Walter Kaufmann's celebrated translation - hailed by Newsweek for
it's "incandescent splendor of language" - has gained general recognition as
the most authoritative version of Zarathustra existing in English.
"Nietzsche was a phenomenon of vast cultural scope and complexity, a
veritable resume of the European spirit," observed Thomas Mann. "[He] was
undoubtedly the reatest philosopher of the close of the nineteenth century,
as well as one of the most interpid heroes who ever ventured into the realm
of thought."
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Nietzche wrote stylistically dazzling books - works sparkling with audacious insults to his age, venturing into more and more radical psychology, radiating a more and more glaring white light... [He was] a thinker, psychologist, and master of language who revolutionized the whole atmosphere of his era. — Jonathan Lyons
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