Thus Spake Zarathustra

INTRODUCTION BY MRS FÖRSTER-NIETZSCHE 6

FIRST PART: ZARATHUSTRA’S DISCOURSES 15

ZARATHUSTRA’S PROLOGUE 16

ZARATHUSTRA’S DISCOURSES 27

I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES 27

II. THE ACADEMIC CHAIRS OF VIRTUE 28

III. BACKWORLDSMEN 30

IV. THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY 32

V. JOYS AND PASSIONS 33

VI. THE PALE CRIMINAL 35

VII. READING AND WRITING 36

VIII. THE TREE ON THE HILL 37

IX. THE PREACHERS OF DEATH 39

X. WAR AND WARRIORS 41

XI. THE NEW IDOL 42

XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE 44

XIII. CHASTITY 46

XIV. THE FRIEND 47

XV. THE THOUSAND AND ONE GOALS 48

XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE 50

XVII. THE WAY OF THE CREATING ONE 51

XVIII. OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN 53

XIX. THE BITE OF THE ADDER 54

XX. CHILD AND MARRIAGE 55

XXI. VOLUNTARY DEATH 57

XXII. THE BESTOWING VIRTUE 59

THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA: SECOND PART 63

XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR 64

XXIV. IN THE HAPPY ISLES 65

XXV. THE PITIFUL 67

XXVI. THE PRIESTS 69

XXVII. THE VIRTUOUS 71

XXVIII. THE RABBLE 73

XXIX. THE TARANTULAS 75

XXX. THE FAMOUS WISE ONES 77

XXXI. THE NIGHT-SONG 79

XXXII. THE DANCE-SONG 80

XXXIII. THE GRAVE-SONG 82

XXXIV. SELF-SURPASSING 84

XXXV. THE SUBLIME ONES 87

XXXVI. THE LAND OF CULTURE 88

XXXVII. IMMACULATE PERCEPTION 90

XXXVIII. SCHOLARS 92

XXXIX. POETS 93

XL. GREAT EVENTS 96

XLI. THE SOOTHSAYER 98

XLII. REDEMPTION 101

XLIII. MANLY PRUDENCE 104

XLIV. THE STILLEST HOUR 106

THIRD PART 109

XLV. THE WANDERER 110

XLVI. THE VISION AND THE ENIGMA 112

XLVII. INVOLUNTARY BLISS 115

XLVIII. BEFORE SUNRISE 117

XLIX. THE BEDWARFING VIRTUE 119

L. ON THE OLIVE-MOUNT 123

LI. ON PASSING-BY 125

LII. THE APOSTATES 127

LIII. THE RETURN HOME 130

LIV. THE THREE EVIL THINGS 133

LV. THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY 136

LVI. OLD AND NEW TABLES 139

LVII. THE CONVALESCENT 151

LVIII. THE GREAT LONGING 155

LIX. THE SECOND DANCE-SONG 157

LX. THE SEVEN SEALS (OR THE YEA AND AMEN LAY) 160

FOURTH AND LAST PART 163

LXI. THE HONEY SACRIFICE 164

LXII. THE CRY OF DISTRESS 166

LXIII. TALK WITH THE KINGS 168

LXIV. THE LEECH 171

LXV. THE MAGICIAN 173

LXVI. OUT OF SERVICE 178

LXVII. THE UGLIEST MAN 181

LXVIII. THE VOLUNTARY BEGGAR 185

LXIX. THE SHADOW 187

LXX. NOONTIDE 190

LXXI. THE GREETING 192

LXXII. THE SUPPER 196

LXXIII. THE HIGHER MAN 197

LXXIV. THE SONG OF MELANCHOLY 204

LXXV. SCIENCE 207

LXXVI. AMONG DAUGHTERS OF THE DESERT 209

LXXVII. THE AWAKENING 214

LXXVIII. THE ASS-FESTIVAL 216

LXXIX. THE DRUNKEN SONG 219

LXXX. THE SIGN 224

APPENDIX

Notes on Thus Spake Zarathustra by Anthony M. Ludovici 227

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900 261