Even at present, to be sure, there are some like this preacher of virtue, and not always so honourable: but their time is past. And not much longer do they stand: there they already lie.
Zarathustra says such teachers still exist but will soon nod off for good, and he blesses their drowsiness.
- Revaluation of values (old and new tables)Zarathustra declares the era of the sleep-preaching academic virtue over.