Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

“God is dead” declares the title character of this philosophical novel. This three-word line of dialogue now serves as the immortal summary of its author’s extensive work in philosophy. Celebrated speaker and essayist Friedrich Nietzche, who powered the 19th century Post-Modernist and Post-Structuralist movements with his controversial views on morality and religion, used the novel format as a unique literary vehicle to illustrate his philosophical views. The travels and musings of protagonist Zarathustra are a valuable glimpse into philosophy’s “first immoralist”.