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Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Paperback, Revised)
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Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Paperback, Revised)
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Nietzsche's Zarathustra takes an interdisciplinary approach to
Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, focusing on the philosophical
function of its literary techniques and its fictional mode of
presentation. It argues that the fictional format is essential to
Nietzsche's philosophical message in his work. Part of that message
is Nietzsche's alternative to the Western worldview as developed by
Plato's dialogues and the Christian Gospel, which he presents
through the teachings of his hero, Zarathustra. Another part of
that message is that any doctrine, including those of Zarathustra
himself, has an ambivalent nature. Although doctrinal formulations
are designed to preserve and communicate philosophical insights,
they can become dead formulas, out of touch with the live
philosophical discoveries that they aimed to capture. Thus Spoke
Zarathustra explores Zarathustra's own vulnerability to this risk,
and his way of regaining real connection with living wisdom. The
doctrine of eternal recurrence, which is particular prominent in
Zarathustra, is a case in point. The doctrine is offered in
opposition to the worldview that Nietzsche associates with the
Christian doctrine of sin, which in his view promotes a view of
this life as devoid of intrinsic value. However, certain ways of
adhering to this doctrine themselves rob life of its value. The
book also defends the importance of Part IV of Thus Spoke
Zarathustra, which many scholars have seen as unimportant by
comparison with the first three parts. Nietzsche's Zarathustra
argues that Part III would not have been a culmination for the
work, and that Part IV is essential to Nietzsche's project. Part
IV's allusions to Apuleius' The Golden Ass, an ancient Menippean
satire, suggest that it should be read as a satire in which
Zarathustra falls into and recovers from folly. It is thus the
culminating statement of the point that there is always a
discrepancy between the living philosophical insight and any
attempt to articulate it,
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