Synopsis "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"

"Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live." Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a parable by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on 'God is dead' as well as his concept of the "Superman". The book chronicles the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra, who descends from his mountain retreat to awaken the world to its new salvation. Through his teaching, Zarathustra accentuates the significance of self-improvement in one's life for procuring strong internal power. A landmark work of philosophy and literature, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the fullest expression of Nietzsche's belief that ""the object of mankind should lie in its highest individuals".

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844-Weimar, August 25, 1900) was a German philosopher, poet, musician, and philologist, whose work has had a profound influence on contemporary global thought and Western culture.
Nietzsche wrote on topics as diverse as art, philology, music, history, religion, science, and tragedy. He critiqued culture, religion, and Western philosophy through the genealogy of the concepts that integrate them, based on the analysis of moral attitudes (positive and negative) towards life.
It is particularly notable the influence exerted on Nietzsche by the also German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, whom he considered his teacher, although he did not follow Schopenhauer's ideas dogmatically, and in many aspects, he diverged from his thought, even making a radical critique of his philosophical ideas.

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