When Zarathustra had spoken these words, he paused, like one who had not said his last word; and long did he balance the staff doubtfully in his hand. At last he said this – and his voice had changed: I now go alone, my disciples! You also must now go away alone! So will…
Remain true to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue! Let your bestowing love and your knowledge be devoted to be the meaning of the earth! Thus do I pray and appeal to you. Let it not fly away from the earthly and beat against eternal walls with its wings! Ah,…
Thus goes the bodythrough history,a becomer and fighter. And the spirit — what is it to the body?Its fights’and victories’herald, its companionand echo. Nietzsche/Zarathustra refers time and time again to the wisdom of the body. The body is the conduit, our interface with external reality. An ongoing theme is emphasis on what the body…
Tell me… how is it that gold is attributed the highest value? Because it is uncommon, and nonfunctional, and beaming, and soft in lustre; it always bestows itself. Only as image of the highest virtue came gold to the highest value. Goldlike, beams the glance of the bestower. Gold-lustre makes peace between moon and…
Truly, he died too early that Hebrew whom the preachers of slow death honor: and to many has it proved a calamity that he died too early. This begins a breath taking assessment of the death of Jesus. Yes Jesus, the Palestinian carpenter condemned as an agitator by the occupying Romans when in his…
How many are the ways by which one might die? Infinitely many. Dying like living, is limitless as to time and context. Think for a while on that. Yet, one requirement for a “good” death is sure. You must put away notions of fame, the accolades of the masses. Forget about that! Dying well…
Die at the right time! This is either the most absurd statement than can be uttered or the most inescapable. The coincidence of a timed death, a departure from this life that harmonizes with one’s goals, purposes… I assume that you are aware of the goals which animate you? I mean those for which…
Marriage. Men ought to think more on this topic, and say much less. We (males) are without a clue on the matter. Nietzsche, a scholar with a razor wit, writes in his ironic style to treat marriage. Notwithstanding his notable failure at love. Nietzsche met Lou Andreas-Salomé in Rome in 1882. He was instantly…
Often the irony of my situation slaps me in the face, a wake up call! Good news is bad news is good news, etc., etc.. Who would choose to be bitten by snake, in the neck while napping?! The scream, the shock subsides, and you recognize that it was time to wake up anyway….
Tuesday and wondering how to get started with this post. This weirdly delightful story parallels the Creation Story in Genesis. You know, the temptation of Eve segment with the talking serpent. Zarathustra, Nietzsche’s alter ego, is portrayed as encountering a talking adder, while napping. The shock of the encounter was extreme, as he wakes…
