| Introduction |
page viii |
| Chronology |
xxxvi |
| Further reading |
xxxix |
| Note on the text |
xliii |
| Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None First Part |
1 |
| Zarathustra’s Prologue |
3 |
| The Speeches of Zarathustra |
16 |
| On the Three Metamorphoses |
16 |
| On the Teachers of Virtue |
17 |
| On the Hinterworldly |
20 |
| On the Despisers of the Body |
22 |
| On the Passions of Pleasure and Pain |
24 |
| On the Pale Criminal |
26 |
| On Reading and Writing |
27 |
| On the Tree on the Mountain |
29 |
| On the Preachers of Death |
31 |
| On War and Warriors |
33 |
| On the New Idol |
34 |
| On the Flies of the Market Place |
36 |
| On Chastity |
39 |
| On the Friend |
40 |
| On a Thousand and One Goals |
42 |
| On Love of the Neighbor |
44 |
| On the Way of the Creator |
46 |
| On Little Women Old and Young |
48 |
| On the Adder’s Bite |
50 |
| On Child and Marriage |
51 |
| On Free Death |
53 |
| On the Bestowing Virtue |
55 |
| Second Part |
61 |
| The Child with the Mirror |
63 |
| On the Blessed Isles |
65 |
| On the Pitying |
67 |
| On Priests |
69 |
| On the Virtuous |
72 |
| On the Rabble |
74 |
| On the Tarantulas |
76 |
| On the Famous Wise Men |
79 |
| The Night Song |
81 |
| The Dance Song |
83 |
| The Grave Song |
85 |
| On Self-Overcoming |
88 |
| On the Sublime Ones |
90 |
| On the Land of Education |
93 |
| On Immaculate Perception |
95 |
| On Scholars |
97 |
| On Poets |
99 |
| On Great Events |
102 |
| The Soothsayer |
105 |
| On Redemption |
109 |
| On Human Prudence |
113 |
| The Stillest Hour |
115 |
| Third Part |
119 |
| The Wanderer |
121 |
| On the Vision and the Riddle |
123 |
| On Unwilling Bliss |
127 |
| Before Sunrise |
130 |
| On Virtue that Makes Small |
133 |
| On the Mount of Olives |
137 |
| On Passing By |
140 |
| On Apostates |
143 |
| The Homecoming |
146 |
| On the Three Evils |
149 |
| On the Spirit of Gravity |
153 |
| On Old and New Tablets |
156 |
| The Convalescent |
173 |
| On Great Longing |
179 |
| The Other Dance Song |
181 |
| The Seven Seals (Or: the Yes and Amen Song) |
184 |
| Fourth and Final Part |
189 |
| The Honey Sacrifice |
191 |
| The Cry of Distress |
193 |
| Conversation with the Kings |
196 |
| The Leech |
200 |
| The Magician |
203 |
| Retired |
209 |
| The Ugliest Human Being |
212 |
| The Voluntary Beggar |
216 |
| The Shadow |
220 |
| At Noon |
223 |
| The Welcome |
225 |
| The Last Supper |
230 |
| On the Higher Man |
231 |
| The Song of Melancholy |
240 |
| On Science |
245 |
| Among Daughters of the Desert |
247 |
| The Awakening |
252 |
| The Ass Festival |
255 |
| The Sleepwalker Song |
258 |
| The Sign |
264 |
| Index |
267 |