The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page … ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’ is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche’s books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici’s intention, in this version of ‘Zarathustra’ the reader includes these annotations (where available) immediately after the reading. Summary by jvanstan
Chapters
1 Introductions by Mrs. Forster-Nietzsche & Mr. Anthony M. Ludovici 50 min 2 Zarathustra's Prologue 40 min 3 Part I: 1. The Three Metamophoses 7 min 4 Part I: 2. The Academic Chairs of Virtue 8 min 5 Part I: 3. Backworldsmen 8 min 6 Part I: 4. The Despisers of the Body 6 min 7 Part I: 5. Joys & Passions 5 min 8 Part I: 6. The Pale Criminal 6 min 9 Part I: 7. Reading & Writing 5 min 10 Part I: 8. The Tree on the Hill 7 min 11 Part I: 9. The Preachers of Death 5 min 12 Part I: 10. Wars & Warriors 5 min 13 Part I: 11. The New Idol 7 min 14 Part I: 12. The Flies in the Market-Place 9 min 15 Part I: 13. Chastity 3 min 16 Part I: 14. The Friend 6 min 17 Part I: 15. The Thousand & One Goals 7 min 18 Part I: 16. Neighbour-Love 5 min 19 Part I: 17. The Way of Creating One 8 min 20 Part I: 18. Old & Young Women 10 min 21 Part I: 19. The Bite of the Adder 5 min 22 Part I: 20. Child & Marriage 6 min 23 Part I: 21. Voluntary Death 8 min 24 Part I: 22. The Bestowing Virtue 14 min 25 Part II: 23. The Child with the Mirror 9 min 26 Part II: 24. In the Happy Isles 8 min 27 Part II: 25. The Pitiful 8 min 28 Part II: 26. The Priests 7 min 29 Part II: 27. The Virtuous 9 min 30 Part II: 28. The Rabble 8 min 31 Part II: 29. The Tarantulas 10 min 32 Part II: 30. The Famous Wise Ones 8 min 33 Part II: 31. The Night-Song 6 min 34 Part II: 32. The Dance-Song 7 min 35 Part II: 33. The Grave-Song 10 min 36 Part II: 34. Self-Surpassing 10 min 37 Part II: 35. The Sublime Ones 8 min 38 Part II: 36. The Land of Culture 8 min 39 Part II: 37. Immaculate Perception 9 min 40 Part II: 38. Scholars 6 min 41 Part II: 39. Poets 9 min 42 Part II: 40. Great Events 11 min 43 Part II: 41. The Soothsayer 10 min 44 Part II: 42. Redemption 15 min 45 Part II: 43. Manly Prudence 9 min 46 Part II: 44. The Stillest Hour 10 min 47 Part III: 45. The Wanderer 10 min 48 Part III: 46. The Vision & the Enigma 18 min 49 Part III: 47. Involuntary Bliss 9 min 50 Part III: 48. Before Sunrise 9 min 51 Part III: 49. The Bedwarfing Virtue 19 min 52 Part III: 50. On the Olive-Mount 9 min 53 Part III: 51. On Passing-By 11 min 54 Part III: 52. The Apostates 13 min 55 Part III: 53. The Return Home 14 min 56 Part III: 54. The Three Evil Things 18 min 57 Part III: 55. The Spirit of Gravity 14 min 58 Part III: 56. Old & New Tables (part 1) 42 min 59 Part III. 56. Old & New Tables (part 2) 20 min 60 Part III: 57. The Convalescent 25 min 61 Part III: 58. The Great Longing 8 min 62 Part III: 59. The Second Song-Dance 9 min 63 Part III: 60. The Seven Seals 9 min 64 Part IV: 61. The Honey Sacrifice 16 min 65 Part IV: 62. The Cry of Distress 12 min 66 Part IV: 63. Talk with the Kings 12 min 67 Part IV: 64. The Leech 11 min 68 Part IV: 65. The Magician 22 min 69 Part IV: 66. Out of Service 15 min 70 Part IV: 67. The Ugliest Man 19 min 71 Part IV: 68. The Voluntary Beggar 14 min 72 Part IV: 69. The Shadow 14 min 73 Part IV: 70. Noontide 11 min 74 Part IV: 71. The Greeting 18 min 75 Part IV: 72. The Supper 6 min 76 Part IV: 73. The Higher Man 31 min 77 Part IV: 74. The Song of Melancholy 11 min 78 Part IV: 75. Science 10 min 79 Part IV: 76. Among Daughters of the Desert 14 min 80 Part IV: 77. The Awakening 12 min 81 Part IV: 78. The Ass-Festival 11 min 82 Part IV: 79. The Drunken Song 22 min 83 Part IV: 80. The Sign 10 min
