Such things have never been written, never been felt, never been suffered: only a God, only Dionysus suffers in this way. The reply to such a dithyramb on the sun's solitude in light would be Ariadne. ... Who knows, but I, who Ariadne is! To all such riddles no one heretofore had ever found an answer; I doubt even whether any one had ever seen a riddle here. One day Zarathustra severely determines his life-task--and it is also mine. Let no one misunderstand its meaning. It's a yea-saying to the point of justifying, to the point of redeeming even all that is past.
Nietzsche · Thus Spake Zarathustra (from 'Why I Write Such Excellent Books')
Redeeming even all that is past
Nietzsche says that Zarathustra's life-task is a yea-saying that goes as far as justifying and redeeming all that is past.
- Redemption of the pastCrisp formula joining affirmation and redemption of the past.