I go not your way, ye despisers of the body! Ye are no bridges for me to the Superman!—
Zarathustra rejects the despisers' way and denies they can be bridges.
- The Superman (Übermensch)Despisers of the body are refused as a path toward the Superman.
I go not your way, ye despisers of the body! Ye are no bridges for me to the Superman!—
Zarathustra rejects the despisers' way and denies they can be bridges.
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 in 'The Despisers of the Body' Zarathustra calls the intellect the little sagacity and the instincts the big sagacity, endorsing Schopenhauer's view of the intellect as the body's instrument and warning against exalting reason over the instincts.