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First Part · XVII. The Way of the Creating One

Burn in thine own flame

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Ready must thou be to burn thyself in thine own flame; how couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes!

The creator must be ready to burn himself to ashes in order to become new.

Commentary on this chapter

What the critics said

Freedom not an end in itselfAnthony M. Ludovici · Notes on Thus Spake Zarathustra, 1909interpretation

Ludovici argues that in 'Old and New Tables' freedom receives its death-blow as a general desideratum: Nietzsche held freedom dangerous in unworthy hands, asking 'free for what?' and requiring that one first be such as can will.