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Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900)

180 chapters, about 94,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 300 words
2. HOW ZARATHUSTRA CAME INTO BEING. 500 words
3. “GUIDE-POSTS TO A NEW WAY OF LIVING.” 2,400 words
4. 1. 300 words
5. 2. 500 words
6. 3. 700 words
7. 4. 500 words
8. 5. 700 words
9. 6. 500 words
10. 7. 200 words
11. 8. 400 words
12. 9. 500 words
13. 10. 200 words
14. I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES. 700 words
15. II. THE ACADEMIC CHAIRS OF VIRTUE. 800 words
16. III. BACKWORLDSMEN. 1,000 words
17. IV. THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY. 600 words
18. V. JOYS AND PASSIONS. 500 words
19. VI. THE PALE CRIMINAL. 700 words
20. VII. READING AND WRITING. 500 words
21. VIII. THE TREE ON THE HILL. 900 words
22. IX. THE PREACHERS OF DEATH. 500 words
23. X. WAR AND WARRIORS. 600 words
24. XI. THE NEW IDOL. 800 words
25. XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE. 900 words
26. XIII. CHASTITY. 400 words
27. XIV. THE FRIEND. 600 words
28. XV. THE THOUSAND AND ONE GOALS. 700 words
29. XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE. 500 words
30. XVII. THE WAY OF THE CREATING ONE. 900 words
31. XVIII. OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN. 600 words
32. XIX. THE BITE OF THE ADDER. 500 words
33. XX. CHILD AND MARRIAGE. 600 words
34. XXI. VOLUNTARY DEATH. 900 words
35. 1. 700 words
36. 2. 400 words
37. 3. 400 words
38. XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR. 800 words
39. XXIV. IN THE HAPPY ISLES. 800 words
40. XXV. THE PITIFUL. 900 words
41. XXVI. THE PRIESTS. 800 words
42. XXVII. THE VIRTUOUS. 1,000 words
43. XXVIII. THE RABBLE. 600 words
44. XXIX. THE TARANTULAS. 1,000 words
45. XXX. THE FAMOUS WISE ONES. 900 words
46. XXXI. THE NIGHT-SONG. 600 words
47. XXXII. THE DANCE-SONG. 300 words
48. XXXIII. THE GRAVE-SONG. 1,000 words
49. XXXIV. SELF-SURPASSING. 1,100 words
50. XXXV. THE SUBLIME ONES. 800 words
51. XXXVI. THE LAND OF CULTURE. 800 words
52. XXXVII. IMMACULATE PERCEPTION. 900 words
53. XXXVIII. SCHOLARS. 600 words
54. XXXIX. POETS. 700 words
55. XL. GREAT EVENTS. 1,000 words
56. XLI. THE SOOTHSAYER. 700 words
57. XLII. REDEMPTION. 1,200 words
58. XLIII. MANLY PRUDENCE. 900 words
59. XLIV. THE STILLEST HOUR. 800 words
60. XLV. THE WANDERER. 800 words
61. 1. 200 words
62. 2. 400 words
63. XLVII. INVOLUNTARY BLISS. 1,100 words
64. XLVIII. BEFORE SUNRISE. 900 words
65. 1. 200 words
66. 2. 700 words
67. 3. 600 words
68. L. ON THE OLIVE-MOUNT. 900 words
69. LI. ON PASSING-BY. 700 words
70. 2. 800 words
71. LIII. THE RETURN HOME. 1,100 words
72. 2. 400 words
73. 2. 700 words
74. 2. 200 words
75. 3. 300 words
76. 7. 100 words
77. 8. 400 words
78. 11. 200 words
79. 12. 300 words
80. 13. 100 words
81. 16. 300 words
82. 21. 400 words
83. 24. 200 words
84. 25. 200 words
85. 30. 200 words
86. 1. 300 words
87. 2. 1,700 words
88. LVIII. THE GREAT LONGING. 500 words
89. 1. 200 words
90. 1. 200 words
91. 2. 100 words
92. 3. 100 words
93. 4. 100 words
94. 5. 100 words
95. 6. 100 words
96. 7. 200 words
97. LXI. THE HONEY SACRIFICE. 1,000 words
98. LXII. THE CRY OF DISTRESS. 900 words
99. 1. 400 words
100. LXIV. THE LEECH. 1,100 words
101. 1. 600 words
102. 2. 100 words
103. LXVI. OUT OF SERVICE. 900 words
104. LXVII. THE UGLIEST MAN. 800 words
105. LXVIII. THE VOLUNTARY BEGGAR. 1,300 words
106. LXIX. THE SHADOW. 1,100 words
107. LXX. NOONTIDE. 400 words
108. LXXI. THE GREETING. 1,600 words
109. LXXII. THE SUPPER. 300 words
110. 1. 300 words
111. 3. 500 words
112. 6. 300 words
113. 9. 200 words
114. 11. 300 words
115. 13. 300 words
116. 15. 200 words
117. 16. 200 words
118. 17. 200 words
119. 19. 200 words
120. 20. 200 words
121. 1. 200 words
122. 2. 100 words
123. 3. 200 words
124. LXXV. SCIENCE. 500 words
125. 1. 400 words
126. 2. 700 words
127. 1. 500 words
128. 2. 500 words
129. 1. 800 words
130. 2. 200 words
131. 3. 100 words
132. 1. 500 words
133. 2. 300 words
134. 3. 200 words
135. 4. 100 words
136. 5. 100 words
137. 6. 100 words
138. 7. 200 words
139. 8. 100 words
140. 9. 100 words
141. 10. 200 words
142. 11. 300 words
143. LXXX. THE SIGN. 1,000 words
144. APPENDIX. 2,000 words
145. PART I. THE PROLOGUE. 300 words
146. Chapter I. The Three Metamorphoses. 400 words
147. Chapter XVIII. Old and Young Women. 600 words
148. Chapter XXII. The Bestowing Virtue. 100 words
149. Chapter XXIII. The Child with the Mirror. 500 words
150. Chapter XXXIV. Self-Surpassing. 100 words
151. Chapter XXXV. The Sublime Ones. 200 words
152. Chapter XXXVI. The Land of Culture. 400 words
153. Chapter XL. Great Events. 200 words
154. Chapter XLII. Redemption. 200 words
155. Chapter XLIII. Manly Prudence. 400 words
156. Chapter XLVI. The Vision and the Enigma. 600 words
157. Chapter XLIX. The Bedwarfing Virtue. 500 words
158. Chapter LI. On Passing-by. 300 words
159. Chapter LII. The Apostates. 100 words
160. Chapter LIII. The Return Home. 400 words
161. Chapter LIV. The Three Evil Things. 500 words
162. Chapter LV. The Spirit of Gravity. 300 words
163. Chapter LVI. Old and New Tables. Par. 2. 1,400 words
164. Chapter LVII. The Convalescent. 1,100 words
165. PART IV. 300 words
166. Chapter LXI. The Honey Sacrifice. 300 words
167. Chapter LXII. The Cry of Distress. 200 words
168. Chapter LXIII. Talk with the Kings. 100 words
169. Chapter LXIV. The Leech. 200 words
170. Chapter LXV. The Magician. 600 words
171. Chapter LXVI. Out of Service. 200 words
172. Chapter LXVII. The Ugliest Man. 400 words
173. Chapter LXVIII. The Voluntary Beggar. 400 words
174. Chapter LXIX. The Shadow. 300 words
175. Chapter LXXI. The Greeting. 300 words
176. Chapter LXXIII. The Higher Man. Par. 1. 700 words
177. Chapter LXXV. Science. 200 words
178. Chapter LXXVII. The Awakening. 300 words
179. Chapter LXXVIII. The Ass-Festival. 300 words
180. Chapter LXXX. The Sign. 200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

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