Thus Spake Zarathustra - Penn State University

Friedrich Nietzschethemselves: “Away with me!”—The pliant, persuasive body, the dancer, whose symboland epitome is the self-enjoying soul. Of such bodiesPassion for power: which, however, mounteth alluringlyeven to the pure and lonesome, and up to self-satisfied and souls the self-enjoyment calleth itself “virtue.”elevations, glowing like a love that painteth purple felicitiesalluringly on earthly heavens.ment shelter itself as with sacred groves; with the namesWith its words of good and bad doth such self-enjoy-Passion for power: but who would call it passion, when of its happiness doth it banish from itself everythingthe height longeth to stoop for power! Verily, nothing contemptible.sick or diseased is there in such longing and descending! Away from itself doth it banish everything cowardly; itThat the lonesome height may not for ever remain lonesomeand self-sufficing; that the mountains may come the ever-solicitous, the sighing, the complaining, andsaith: “Bad—that is cowardly!” Contemptible seem to itto the valleys and the winds of the heights to the plains:— whoever pick up the most trifling advantage.Oh, who could find the right prenomen and honouring It despiseth also all bitter-sweet wisdom: for verily,name for such longing! “Bestowing virtue”—thus did there is also wisdom that bloometh in the dark, a nightshadewisdom, which ever sigheth: “All is vain!”Zarathustra once name the unnamable.And then it happened also,—and verily, it happened Shy distrust is regarded by it as base, and every onefor the first time!—that his word blessed selfishness, the who wanteth oaths instead of looks and hands: also allwholesome, healthy selfishness, that springeth from the over-distrustful wisdom,—for such is the mode of cowardlysouls.powerful soul:——From the powerful soul, to which the high body Baser still it regardeth the obsequious, doggish one,appertaineth, the handsome, triumphing, refreshing body, who immediately lieth on his back, the submissive one;around which everything becometh a mirror:and there is also wisdom that is submissive, and doggish,175