In the Biblical parody of “thus Spoke Zarathustra’, the rhetorical narrative is so well crafted that this masterpiece really does stand out as one of the greatest philosophical books ever, and really acts as a tribute to greatness of both Neitzche’s philosphopihalc and lexical talent.
The book is steeped heavily in irony with the text resembling the nature of the Bible to induce biting resentment. The book itself acts firmly as an attack on the juade-christian beliefs of good and evil; the belief that the world is a battle between two different sets of forces.
Neitchze’s take on Zarathustra urges us to get over the diacotmy of Good and Evil, which Zarathustra himself introuded. ZarathustraUrges us to forget ideals of “the other worldly”, and strongly projects neitcheze’s philosophy that there is only the world we are in now and nothing more.
This book, despite having few themes, does contain some continuing themes as can be seen in earlier works such as “the gay science”. The book reaffirms the philosophy of ‘God is Dead’, as the protagonist notes to himself after encountering a hermit, “'DEAD ARE ALL THE GODS: NOW DO WE DESIRE THE OVERMAN TO LIVE.'” This quote brings me nicely onto talking about another theme in the work, the theme of the overman. Nietzsche makes a point that the overman is not the true end for a person, but more the journey of self-discovery and knowing.
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