My death, praise I unto you, the voluntary death, which cometh unto me because _I_ want it.
Zarathustra praises the death that comes because he wants it.
- Voluntary deathThe chapter's central formulation of dying by one's own will.
My death, praise I unto you, the voluntary death, which cometh unto me because _I_ want it.
Zarathustra praises the death that comes because he wants it.
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?
What the critics said
Ludovici says that Nietzsche disliked the word 'suicide' for its suggestion of evil and renamed the act Voluntary Death to raise it to the dignity it held in classical antiquity.