Thus talked Zarathustra in the city he loved, which is surnamed “The Pied Cow.” For from here he had but two days to travel to reach once more his cave and his animals; his soul, however, rejoiced unceasingly on account of the nighness of his return home.
Zarathustra spoke this in the city called The Pied Cow, two days from his cave and his animals, glad of his coming return.
- SolitudeZarathustra rejoices that his cave and animals are only two days away.
What the critics said
Brandes summarises Zarathustra's disgust with the petty virtues that make men smaller, his being called godless, the apostasy of his former companions, and his loathing of the great city and of the State.