character The sign at the end: Zarathustra's children are near.
Thus spake Zarathustra; then, however, it happened that all on a sudden he became aware that he was flocked around and fluttered around, as if by innumerable birds,—the whizzing of so many wings, however, and the…
A cloud of doves envelops him, and he feels a lion's shaggy mane and hears its soft roar. He recognises the sign, says his children are nigh, weeps, and the lion licks his tears.
Read in the book →All this went on for a long time, or a short time: for properly speaking, there is NO time on earth for such things—. Meanwhile, however, the higher men had awakened in Zarathustra’s cave, and marshalled themselves for…
The higher men wake and go to greet him; the lion springs roaring toward the cave and they cry out and vanish. Zarathustra is left alone, stunned.
Read in the book →This is an experiment in interactive reading, and in using AI to help you grow. Thus Spake Zarathustra is notoriously difficult for a modern reader; yet taken as a set of mental exercises, it is guaranteed to transform your thinking by the time you reach the end. Along the way you will have help from the companion, who is always beside the book.
Do you accept the challenge?