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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the most famous and influential work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work is a philosophical novel in which the character of Zarathustra, a religious prophet-like figure, delivers a series of lessons and sermons in a Biblical style that articulate the central ideas of Nietzsche's mature thought. Key to the philosophy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a rejection of traditional systems of religious morality, the idea of the will to power, and a vision of a new, higher mode of being, the ubermensch" or "Superman," one of Nietzsche's most famous and controversial figures. As innovative stylistically as it is philosophically, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is both a literary masterpiece and an enduring classic of moral thought. This version of Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the translation by Thomas Common.
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- Stephen
- 03-23-13
Great book, poor audio performance
John Lee has a very rich, mellifluous voice, but the reading he delivers here is unengaged and extremely sloppy. One gets the distinct impression that he has no familiarity with the material at all, and has not made any attempt to prepare himself. For example, he does nothing to register the voices of different characters, and repeatedly reads questions as though they were regular sentences (almost as though he didn't notice the question mark until it was too late). Instead of a nuanced, attentive performance, we get an extremely monotonous reading that never varies from a crisp, polished 'high style'--doing absolutely nothing to capture the exuberant energy and variety of Nietzche's prose. In short, it sounds very much like an automated 'robo-reader' with an Oxford accent.
The book itself, on the other hand, is lots of fun and a must-read for anyone interested in Nietzche's philosophy.
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- Gary
- 06-28-16
No truths just perspectives
Not a fiction book, but not quite a philosophy book in as much it doesn't give a foundation as such, but if anything takes away any structure to the world and challenges everything the listener thought he might have thought he knew as certainty.
The prophet, Zarathustra, loosely follows the gospel. He knows that God is dead not that there is no God but that Man (and Woman) no longer have need of him. What does it mean for us when there is no longer external truth? He'll even make a statement to the effect that the one who rode the donkey would have reached the same conclusions if he had only had the chance to live longer. "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by lamb". Zarathustra will challenge everything you think you might know and never lets up on his challenges, "What the populace once learned to believe without reasons, who could— refute it to them by means of reasons?".
"All poets are liars" but our reality and the lies we believe in give us our values which we must determine by ourselves with no help from any book or prophet nor even from Zarathustra. There's no doubt that Zarathustra is speaking what Nietzsche believes. The pre-Socratic philosophers with their belief that "man is the measure of all things", all that we know is never universal, necessary and certain. Knowledge is always imperfect. The closest we ever come is through the lies we use to create our world. Our perspectives will always skew the world. There is no one correct truth only perspectives.
I was surprised how much Heidegger in his "Being and Time" borrowed from Part One of this book. We're thrown in to the world, our care gives us our presence-at-hand, and we cope for our worldliness (purpose in life). Zarathustra uses different language but says the same things. Our authentic selves get overtaken by the marketplace where our idle chatter, curiosity and ambiguity makes us "talk to everyone therefore talking to now one" and ending up separating ourselves from who we are and how we should get beyond "good and evil" because "there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue just people doing things" (yes, that quote is from "Grapes of Wrath", but I suspect Zarathustra would agree with it).
John Lee, the narrator, narrates this book perfectly. I would have gotten almost nothing out of this book by reading it, but the narrator knows how to give the author's contempt, disgust, and a whole hosts of other appropriate emotional states while reading the book. I know the narrator understood the book completely and knew how to convey that while narrating.
The book is not perfect. Zarathustra has a problem with women, marriage, love and modernity and lacks the true understanding of science of which he doesn't seem to appreciate. But, overall there are too many great takeaways within this book and this book should be listened to by everyone. Freud said he had to stop reading Nietzsche because he didn't want to be accused of stealing from him. Freud thinks there are great truths but we deny them. Marx thinks that our big truths are our social classes. Zarathustra knows there are no truths and we must learn to accept that, and would want no one to accept that except on their own and most certainly not because of Zarathustra.
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- nicholas
- 03-29-20
For those who dare
Nietzsche is a powerful writer. This book proves his strength once again by laying out his final theory of the overman or super man. This is not for the faith of heart, politically minded, or easily offended.
I.e. stay away all you small people
A note to serious Nietzsche readers: This book is unlike any other the man wrote. The general style is more story like. enough said though... Have Fun! :)
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- Dant
- 04-01-15
great story but the language took me out of it.
The language was very old and hard for my ADD brain to stay with for a lot of it.
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- tyrone davies
- 11-07-21
HEY EDITORS, DO YOUR JOB
The book is great but they need to get rid of the introduction written probably a hundred years ago by his Nazi sister. She doesn't deserve a say on how we interpret this work.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-14-21
if you don't like first chapter you won't like it
great narration. found nietszche's truth claims repetitive and uncompelling, although ill admit they were poetic at times ;). for a first time nietzche reader id recommend beyond good and evil over this.
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- J. S.
- 05-15-21
Greatest thing I've ever read
No words can justify the impact this work had on me. It's the most important work of literature I've ever read. The sheer bravery and audacity it took to write it is unrivaled by today's standards. It's not only still completely applicable and relevant, but maybe even more so. Religion and the state are workers of slavery. We should evolve past these base human instincts and realize we can only find happiness in ourselves and through our own creations.
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- Viva
- 01-23-21
Poetry performed with vigor
Absolutely stunning, so vivid and alive. Poignant and snarky, I feel like the voice actor captures the art that this piece is. It makes my brain light up.
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- Claudia
- 05-25-16
Glad I read it but also glad it's over.
A lot of excellent ideas but a struggle to finish. Seems like a lot of fluff in there but perhaps I'm not intellectually fit enough to fully appreciate the book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-08-23
One of the Greatest works of Philosophy and Prose.
One of the Greatest works of Philosophy and Prose ever written in the modern world.
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- Rose Weeks
- 01-17-19
not a good translation
Thomas commons translation is known to be awful. seek other versions. would be better if they had kaufmann's
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- Adrian J. Smith
- 05-02-21
The Classic Postulation of Nietzschean Philosophy
Thus Spoke Zarathustra contains Nietzsche's most famous ideas, death of God (a metaphysical event) and the concept of The Superman. These make it the best known yet least understood.
The Superman is, like the death of God, a metaphysical concept. The Superman is neither a comic book superhero, nor the Nazi concept of the Ideal Aryan. The Superman has no genetic or Eugenic components and is highly incompatible with any totalitarian ideology.
The Superman is a man who has surpassed the old concepts of slave moralities and has reinvented his own morals. He lives by his own standards, understands himself and is non conformist. In short, ideas anathema to Fascism.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra also contains the other classic Nietzschean ideas such as the State being "the coldest of all cold monsters" and the "herd mentality."
The narrative is essentially an allegorical novel, telling of a New Zarathustra. Not the Persian Prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, but a new Zarathustra for modern days. In this regard, the book can be difficult to follow at times and can frequently seem pointless and tangential, however, it is one of the easier philosophical texts to grasp, and one of the most enjoyable.
John Lee is a superb narrator and really gives the reading a Prophetic feeling. His narrative voice is highly emphatic and clearly understood.
A thought provoking classic and absolute joy to listen to, one of the best philosophical listens one could wish for.
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Such a spectacular work of art
This is by far, the epitome of artfully expressed philosophy. The work is consistently thought-provoking. The language is embellished and crowned with an unblemished narration. In my opinion, the tone and the narrative attitude of the translator and the narrator, respectively, is indicative of intense readership (if not discipleship) of Nietzsche. It is indeed, a spectacular work of art.
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- Slouchy
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loved it
really makes you think. question your views and lifestyle. definitely not an easy read but very stimulating.
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- NATHAN
- 03-23-21
The last audio book you ever need to buy??
The last audio book you ever need to buy??
Also greatly enjoyed your performance John Lee 👏
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A Great Book and Exceptional Reading
- By JCW on 12-30-16
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- Penguin Classics
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale - introduction
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free.
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Some problematic editing and lacking proper review
- By A.D. Geis on 12-12-21
By: Friedrich Nietzsche, and others
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Beyond Good and Evil
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Continuing where Thus Spoke Zarathustra left off, Nietzsche's controversial work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the 19th century and one of the most controversial works of ideology ever written. Attacking the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, Nietzsche criticises past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. Nietzsche tried to formulate what he called "the philosophy of the future".
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Great Book, great Audio Narration
- By Bob H on 01-07-11
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On the Genealogy of Morals
- A Polemic
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In On the Genealogy of Morals, subtitled "A Polemic", Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices. He looks at the way attitudes towards 'morality' evolved and the way congenital ideas of morality were heavily colored by the Judaic and Christian traditions.
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Be strong, not weak.
- By Wayne on 06-24-13
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Thus Spake Zarathustra (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Joel Froomkin
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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After ten years of meditative solitude, the prophet Zarathustra descends from his mountain cave to preach the power of the Superman - a human divinity emancipated from the construct of God. The Superman is free to create his or her own moralities, values, notions of good and evil, and purpose in life. Although people of the town are confounded, Zarathustra resolves to persuade the herd by illuminating the heights to which they can ascend by ignoring promises of otherworldly fulfillment.
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Another Thomas Common's botched translation 2
- By Roman on 05-22-20
By: Friedrich Nietzsche, and others
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Kevin Theis
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in the mid 1880's by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a critically-acclaimed work centered around the "death of God" and the rise of a superhuman. A philosophical and moral examination of good versus evil, divine versus mortal, and power versus submission are all encapsulated in the musings of Zarathustra. Zarathustra's doctrine is the idea of eternal recurrence, which claims that all events repeat themselves.
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Well Spoke Zarathustra
- By IndiaC on 01-25-18
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- A Book for All and None
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the most extraordinary - and important - texts in Western philosophy. It was written by Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. He cast it in the form of a novel in the hope that his urgent message of the 'death of God' and the rise of the superman (Ubermensch) would have greater emotional as well as intellectual impact.
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A Great Book and Exceptional Reading
- By JCW on 12-30-16
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- Penguin Classics
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale - introduction
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free.
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Some problematic editing and lacking proper review
- By A.D. Geis on 12-12-21
By: Friedrich Nietzsche, and others
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Beyond Good and Evil
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Continuing where Thus Spoke Zarathustra left off, Nietzsche's controversial work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the 19th century and one of the most controversial works of ideology ever written. Attacking the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, Nietzsche criticises past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. Nietzsche tried to formulate what he called "the philosophy of the future".
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Great Book, great Audio Narration
- By Bob H on 01-07-11
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On the Genealogy of Morals
- A Polemic
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In On the Genealogy of Morals, subtitled "A Polemic", Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices. He looks at the way attitudes towards 'morality' evolved and the way congenital ideas of morality were heavily colored by the Judaic and Christian traditions.
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Be strong, not weak.
- By Wayne on 06-24-13
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Thus Spake Zarathustra (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Joel Froomkin
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
After ten years of meditative solitude, the prophet Zarathustra descends from his mountain cave to preach the power of the Superman - a human divinity emancipated from the construct of God. The Superman is free to create his or her own moralities, values, notions of good and evil, and purpose in life. Although people of the town are confounded, Zarathustra resolves to persuade the herd by illuminating the heights to which they can ascend by ignoring promises of otherworldly fulfillment.
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Another Thomas Common's botched translation 2
- By Roman on 05-22-20
By: Friedrich Nietzsche, and others
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Beyond Good and Evil
- Penguin Classics
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale - translator
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects traditional Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche seeks to demonstrate that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual impose their own 'will to power' upon the world.
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best nietzsche translation on audible
- By Anonymous on 08-17-20
By: Friedrich Nietzsche, and others
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The Antichrist
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Alastair Cameron
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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