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Second Part · XXX. The Famous Wise Ones

My wild wisdom, a sail in the wind

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Respectable do ye there stand, and stiff, and with straight backs, ye famous wise ones!—no strong wind or will impelleth you.

Have ye ne’er seen a sail crossing the sea, rounded and inflated, and trembling with the violence of the wind?

Like the sail trembling with the violence of the spirit, doth my wisdom cross the sea—my wild wisdom!

But ye servants of the people, ye famous wise ones—how COULD ye go with me!—

The wise ones stand respectable and stiff, moved by no strong wind. Zarathustra's 'wild wisdom' crosses the sea like a sail trembling with the wind, and he asks how they could go with him.