Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (version 2) (includes annotations)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Read by John Van Stan
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page … ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’ is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche’s books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici’s intention, in this version of ‘Zarathustra’ the reader includes these annotations (where available) immediately after the reading. Summary by jvanstan (16 hr 24 min)
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Very clear and well done!
Tim S.
Fascinating parables about finding strength and individuality despite the pressure of the conformist mob. Narrator reads very well and even has consistent voices for recurring characters.
Balloon Balloon
Narration and sound clear, the occasional howler of a mispronunciation aside. The book's worth listening to as a story.
D
Reading is excellent. Book is a chore. It is mentioned it was written this way as that was what was popular at the time and the only way to get people to read it. Well for me it would have been far better if he just got to the point, and more than 10x shorter. He did his best to obscure his meaning so much that many chapters have an attempted interpretation at the end. And while there were some good things in there, there were many more not worth the deciphering. Or maybe there was more in it I missed and I should spend the next 10 years deciphering instead it instead of becoming the Superman?
Incredible
Elencher
Among the most important texts ever written. As relevant to modernity today as it was then.
Siddharth Amaranathan Naidu
Amazing conveyance of the book thank you