Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Nietzsche's most ambitious book and the one that fixed his cultural image — the source of 'God is dead,' the Übermensch, eternal recurrence, and the will to power.
“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.”
Why It Matters
Nietzsche's most ambitious book and the one that fixed his cultural image — the source of 'God is dead,' the Übermensch, eternal recurrence, and the will to power. Its prose-poem form and its anti-Christian gospel structure made it a permanent influence on twentieth-century literature, philosophy, and psychology. It is also the book Nietzsche himself thought his greatest.
The 
Take
Personal reviewSo somewhere after the ancients, philosophy writing becomes increasingly boring and analytical. Nietzche finally writes something poetic and interesting. It almost feels like he’s a contrarian looking for a coherent moral philosophy in the tiny cracks between religion and philosophy already written downAnd it’s incredible how coherent it is and yet how different it is from the well trodden paths. It’s remarkable to find enough new to have a full unique moral philosophy in the late 19th century.Tons of interesting ideas, particularly around creation being paramount and taking control of your own will. The poetic storytelling style of a prophet like figure makes it much more fun to read than raw philosophical argument.Maybe a little too anti-existing ideas for me to fully agree with it, but the project is well worth the exploration
Notable Quotes
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”