(Original, Unabridged Classic)
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Man must be surpassed. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end."
The ancient prophet Zarathustra descends from ten years of solitary contemplation in the mountains and goes among men to proclaim a new philosophy — that God is dead, that conventional morality is a cage, and that the future belongs to the Übermensch: the human being who creates their own values and affirms life in all its difficulty. Friedrich Nietzsche composed Thus Spoke Zarathustra between 1883 and 1885, calling it his most important and deepest work.
Written not as a systematic argument but as a prose poem of startling originality — part biblical prophecy, part lyrical philosophical manifesto — it is Nietzsche at his most uncompromising and most arresting. Its influence on modern philosophy, literature, psychology, and culture is incalculable. Demanding and rewarding in equal measure, it is a book that repays every effort the reader brings to it.
This premium hardbound collector's edition presents the original, unabridged text — an essential volume for any serious student of philosophy and Western thought.
