Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Sun, Noon, Noontide

The diffusion of the sun’s rays symbolizes the generous bestowal of wisdom, namely Zarathustra’s. The sun’s position at noon, or the great noontide, symbolizes the time when humanity is midway through its course between…

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Lion

The lion is Zarathustra’s symbol of a soul that embraces its freedom from society’s conventional values, retreating into the desert to fight against and ultimately destroy these so that new values are able to…

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