Thus Spake Zarathustra

American  

noun

1. German Also sprach Zarathustra. a philosophical work in poetic form (1883) by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Thus Spake Zarathustra Cultural  

1. (1891) A book of philosophical reflections by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in the style of a sacred book. It puts forth Nietzsche's idea of the Superman.

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Thus Spake Zarathustra

Some connect the concept back to Nietzsche’s 1883 work of philosophy Thus Spake Zarathustra, with its idea of the Übermensch, a superior human whose existence would justify the species.

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2016

Wagner – dressed, in a painful literalisation of Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, as Superman, complete with red cape – strums an electric guitar and sings about restoring the Teutonic godhead.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013

This is obviously not the council's most momentous problem, but if harmony is finally achieved, it may put an end to discordant, bitonal performances of complex works like Richard Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra.

From Time Magazine Archive

What the viewers saw was a mishmash of posturings, clacking blocks, pings, bongs and recitals from Thus Spake Zarathustra.

From Time Magazine Archive

So, when I came down to my library that evening dressed for dinner, I found him, still in morning clothes, with "Thus Spake Zarathustra" on his knees, and a bewildered expression on his face.

From Jaffery by William John Locke

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