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... This can be clearly seen in the Prologue of his book “Thus spoke Zaratuthstra”, where Zarathustra denies God, “Could it be possible! ... ” This dilemma is also explored farther more when Zarathustra speaks to a dieing man, "there is nothing of all that whereof thou speakest: there is no devil and no hell. ... Nietzsche picks up this idea and explores it further, in the conversation between Zarathustra and the saint, where Zarathustra boldly states, “I love mankind,” hence proves that in his nihilist hierarchy, man is superior to God, for God simply does not exist. ... Nietzsche shows this in Part I of “Thus spoke Zarathustra” where Zarathustra proclaims, “THREE metamorphoses of the spirit do I designate to you: how spirit becometh a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child. ... If so, he does it successfull by comparing himself to Zarathustra. ... Nietzsche is against everything that is to do with the belief in God, this is very dramatically shown in the “Backworldsmen” story, “Neither is Zarathustra indignant at a convalescent who looketh tenderly on his delusions, and at midnight stealeth round the grave of his God; but sickness and a sick frame remain even in his tears. ...
For a reader, Nietzsche’s continues love and care for mankind is confusing, for to worship men is just like worshiping an idol, which is a sin, just as in the prologue of “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” the saint stated “Men, I do not love. ... " And although Zarathustra as well as Nietzsche disagree with him, men are sinners, and if there is a sin there is no place for perfectionism there is only a trivial course towards it, which can never be reached. ... It is like these both works are equivalent to an almanac, where one has to choose between two roads, both lead to a perfection, but one has to decide whether he wants to reach it in harmony as in “Epifanijas” or in felony as in “Thus spoke Zarathustra. ... It is clearly seen in his story “Joy and Passion,” where Zarathustra proclaims, "That is my good, that do I love, thus doth it please me entirely, thus only do I desire the good. ... This aspect was exploited in “Thus spoke Zarathustra” and “Epifanijas,” where Nietzsche and Ziedonis were fighting against reality, and by accepting it, allowed the meaning that they implied in their work to come about.
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Approximate Pages = 9.6
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