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Thus-Spoke-Zarathustra-By-F-Nietzsche Thus Spoke Zarathustra F. Nietzsche (Editor: Bill Chapko) Published: 2010 Categories(s): Tag(s): Nietzsche Existentialism Buddhism Zen Philosophy 1 Title Page THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA by Friedrich Nietzsche Based on the Thomas Common Translation Extensively modified by Bill Chapko CONTENTS Editor Notes Introduction to Nietzsche's Life And Writings Prologue First Part Second Part Third Part Fourth Part Appendices A - Timeline Biography B - Nietzsche's Comments on his Books C - Eternal Recurrence, by B. Chapko List of Zarathustra's Speeches Prologue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First Part 1. The Three Metamorphoses 2. The Academic Chairs Of Vir- tue 3. On the Believers in an Afterworld 4. The Despisers Of The Body 5. Joys And Passions 6. The Pale Criminal 7. Reading And Writing 8. The Tree On The Hill 9. The Preachers Of Death 10. War And Warriors 11. The New Idol 12. The Flies In The Market-Place 13. Chastity 14. The Friend 15. The Thousand And One Goals 16. Neighbour-Love 17. The Way Of The Creating One 18. Old And Young Women 19. The Bite Of The Adder 20. Child And Marriage 21. Voluntary Death 22. The Bestow- ing Virtue 2 Second Part 1. The Child With The Mirror 2. In The Happy Isles 3. The Pitiful 4. The Priests 5. The Virtuous 6. The Rabble 7. The Tarantulas 8. The Famous Wise Ones 9. The Night-Song 10. The Dance-Song 11. The Grave-Song 12. Self-Surpassing 13. The Sublime Ones 14. The Land Of Culture 15. Immaculate Perception 16. Scholars 17. Poets 18. Great Events 19. The Soothsayer 20. Redemption 21. Manly Prudence 22. The Stillest Hour Third Part 1. The Wanderer 2. The Vision And The Enigma 3. Involun- tary Bliss 4. Before Sunrise 5. On Virtue That Makes Small 6. On The Olive-Mount 7. On Passing-By 8. The Apostates 9. The Return Home 10. The Three Evil Things 11. The Spirit Of Gravity 12. Old And New Tables 13. The Convalescent 14. The Great Longing 15. The Second Dance-Song 16. The Seven Seals Fourth Part 1. The Honey Sacrifice 2. The Cry Of Distress 3. Talk With The Kings 4. The Leech 5. The Magician 6. Out Of Service 7. The Ugliest Man 8. The Voluntary Beggar 9. The Shadow 10. Noontide 11. The Greet- ing 12. The Supper 13. The Higher Man 14. The Song Of Melancholy 15. Science 16. Among Daughters Of The Desert 17. The Awakening 18. The Ass-Festival 19. The Drunken Song 20. The Sign 3 Editor Notes EDITOR NOTES Nietzsche Love of Fate Series Version 4.67 - March 1, 2010. ©William A. Chapko, 2010 Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Version 2.85 Note on the Translations Cover Photos Note On The Selection Of Books Eternal Recurrence Editor Profile The eight digital books in the "Nietzsche Love of Fate Series" can be downloaded singly or as a complete collection (2.1 MB download). All books are unabridged. The contents of these ebooks, including the introductions, appendices and hyperlink format, may not be used for commercial purposes without permission from Bill Chapko. Note on the Translations Based on translations published from 1899 to 1919, these eight books have been somewhat modified (especially Zarathustra). Words no longer commonly used, such as fain, hitherto, thee, wouldst, therefrom, nigh, ye and forsooth, have been replaced with their modern English equivalents. The eight books are: The Gay Science … . .Modified digital version based on the translation by Thomas Common published in 1910. Ecce Homo … … . .Modified digital version based on the translation by Anthony M. Ludovici published in 1911. Zarathustra … … .Extensively Modified digital version based on the translation by Thomas Common published in 1909. The Dawn … … . Modified digital version based on the translation by J. M. Kennedy published in 1911. Twilight of the Idols . .Modified digital version based on the translation by Thomas Common published in 1899. 4 The Antichrist … . Modified digital version based on the translation by H.L. Mencken published in 1919. Beyond Good and Evil . Modified digital version based on the translation by Helen Zimmern published in 1909. Genealogy of Morals … Modified digital version based on the translation by Horace B. Samuel published in 1910. Ebook Cover Photos The bottom photo on the ebook cover shows Nietzsche joking with his friends, Miss Lou Salomè (left) and Paul Ree (center). The taking and ar- rangement of the photo were at Nietzsche's suggestion. The top photo was taken at age 31. Note On The Selection Of Books The Nietzsche Love of Fate Series contains the full texts of Nietzsche's eight best and most mature works. The books written before The Dawn (1880) are not as mature as those written later. The Case of Wagner (1888) and Nietzsche Contro Wagner (1888) are too narrow in scope. The famous book, The Will to Power (1901) is a collection of tentative notes edited, arranged and published by Nietzsche's sister after his death. It's value is surrounded by a great deal of controversy among scholars. The eminent Nietzsche scholar Mazzino Montinari went so far as to call it a "forgery". As Walter Kaufmann said in his introduction to the book, Nietzsche could have included these notes in his published works but he chose not to and therefore it is possible he was not fully satisfied with them. For these reasons the book is not included among his "best 8". Eternal Recurrence To the Reader, In his autobiography Nietzsche said that Zarathustra was by far his most inspired and most important book, and that the "basic conception of this work" was the idea of "eternal recurrence". This idea is intimately in- volved with what he calls "love of fate", "that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity." The idea of eternal recurrence, so strange and yet so simple, needs to be 5 considered more than it has been. I have taken the liberty of including my essay on eternal recurrence in the appendices of this ebook. You may read it here: Appendix C: Eternal Recurrence: The World Loves You So Much It Repeats You Forever. (Or else as a web page at www.eternal-re- currence.com) Bill Chapko Editor Profile Born in 1947, Bill Chapko grew up in suburban New Jersey. At New York University he studied Existential Philosophy under Professor Willi- am Barrett, author of the book "Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy". He graduated with a BA in Philosophy in 1969. He has read, enjoyed and studied Nietzsche all his life. Since 1981 he, together with his American wife Eva and their four chil- dren, have lived happily in southern Italy. Return to First Page 6 Introduction to Nietzsche's Life and Writings INTRODUCTION TO NIETZSCHE'S LIFE AND WRITINGS by Bill Chapko University philosophers, especially from America and England, have al- ways been bewildered and irritated by Nietzsche. He doesn't fit any- where. His influence has been outside university culture - among artists, dancers, poets, writers, novelists, psychologists, playwrights. Some of the most famous who publicly acknowledged being strongly influenced by Nietzsche were Picasso, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, William Butler Yeats, Rainer Rilke, Allen Ginsberg, Khalil Gibran, Martin Buber, H.L. Mencken, Emma Goldman, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Tho- mas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Jack London, Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Karl Jaspers, Alfred Adler, Fritz Perls, Eugene O'Neill and George Bernard Shaw. There is a large amount of scholarly literature attempting to "explain" and systematize Nietzsche and his thought. Professors comb through the events of his rather ordinary life to find reasons or a pattern to his radical ideas. Books and articles about his writings strain to fit him neatly into some framework of western philosophy. I am assuming that Nietzsche gave birth to something radically new, outside of western philosophy - that he was defending a new type of philosopher yearning to explore outside "systems of thought". "I mistrust all systematizers and I avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity." Twilight of the Idols, (part 2, sec 26) Explore Nietzsche yourself. He mostly wrote directly and clearly, without scholarly jargon. See if he brings out the artist or psychologist or dancer in you. Summary of Nietzsche's Life Other than a lifelong painful debilitating illness and his temporary friendship with the famous composer Richard Wagner, Nietzsche's life was rather ordinary. His family was not rich, so he had to work for a 7 living as a philology professor. He hated the drudgery of teaching and scholarship and his spirit led him to write books that were almost uni- versally unpopular among his peers. At first they viciously criticized his ideas and style and then completely ignored him. He nevertheless main- tained good relations with his university employers and after ten years was released from work for reasons of health with a pension of 2/3 his salary. He wandered and wrote for the rest of his lucid life. His friend- ship with Wagner soured for various reasons. He loved a fascinating girl, Lou Salome, who was younger than him and wanted to remain free. He was close to his sister until she poisoned his friendship with Lou and later married an anti-Semite rabble-rouser. His loyal helper Peter Gast during these years unfortunately was not the missing friend he needed to stimulate his thought and spirit. In his last lucid year, he finally sensed fame approaching through the enthusiastic recognition and praise of the influential Danish writer Georg Brandes. Nietzsche wrote an autobiography in anticipation and while finishing it he went insane for reasons that are not clear.
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