A new pride taught me mine ego, and that teach I unto men: no longer to thrust one’s head into the sand of celestial things, but to carry it freely, a terrestrial head, which giveth meaning to the earth!
Zarathustra names the new pride he teaches: a head that gives meaning to the earth.
- Fidelity to the earth and the bodyThe chapter's core charge: carry the head freely on earth instead of burying it in heavenly things.