For that old God liveth no more: he is indeed dead.”—
Zarathustra ends the exchange by saying the old God is dead.
- The death of GodZarathustra's closing verdict restates the death of God to the old man who served him.
For that old God liveth no more: he is indeed dead.”—
Zarathustra ends the exchange by saying the old God is dead.
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 explains the last pope's story as Nietzsche's history of Judaism and Christianity: the jealous, revengeful God of a strong warlike race degenerates with his people into a soft, pitiful God of love who sacrifices his Son for us, and this process ends in his being suffocated by his own pity.