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Thus Spake Zarathustra

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

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Thus Spake Zarathustra
[ (zar-uh-thooh-struh) ]

(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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