Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

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Nietzsche regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his most important work and his story of the wandering Zarathustra has had enormous influence on subsequent culture. Nietzsche uses a mixture of homilies parables epigrams and dreams to introduce some of his most striking doctrines including the Overman nihilism and the eternal return of the same. This edition offers a new translation by Adrian Del Caro which restores the original versification of Nietzsches text and captures its poetic brilliance. Robert Pippins introduction discusses many of the most important interpretative issues raised by the work including who is Zarathustra and what kind of hero is he and what is the philosophical significance of the works literary form? The volume will appeal to all readers interested in one of the most original and inventive works of modern philosophy.