Thus Spake Zarathustra - Penn State University

Friedrich Nietzscheentrails, he stood still and turned round quickly—and On every surface have I already sat, like tired dust havebehold, he almost thereby threw his shadow and follower I fallen asleep on mirrors and window-panes: everythingto the ground, so closely had the latter followed at his taketh from me, nothing giveth; I become thin—I amheels, and so weak was he. For when Zarathustra scrutinisedhim with his glance he was frightened as by a sud-After thee, however, O Zarathustra, did I fly and hiealmost equal to a shadow.den apparition, so slender, swarthy, hollow and worn-out longest; and though I hid myself from thee, I was neverthelessthy best shadow: wherever thou hast sat, theredid this follower appear.“Who art thou?” asked Zarathustra vehemently, “what sat I also.doest thou here? And why callest thou thyself my shadow? With thee have I wandered about in the remotest, coldestworlds, like a phantom that voluntarily haunteth win-Thou art not pleasing unto me.”“Forgive me,” answered the shadow, “that it is I; and if ter roofs and snows.I please thee not —well, O Zarathustra! therein do I With thee have I pushed into all the forbidden, all theadmire thee and thy good taste.worst and the furthest: and if there be anything of virtueA wanderer am I, who have walked long at thy heels; in me, it is that I have had no fear of any prohibition.always on the way, but without a goal, also without a With thee have I broken up whatever my heart revered;home: so that verily, I lack little of being the eternally all boundary-stones and statues have I o’erthrown; theWandering Jew, except that I am not eternal and not a most dangerous wishes did I pursue,—verily, beyond everycrime did I once go.Jew.What? Must I ever be on the way? Whirled by every With thee did I unlearn the belief in words and worthswind, unsettled, driven about? O earth, thou hast becometoo round for me!not his name also fall away? It is also skin. Theand in great names. When the devil casteth his skin, dothdevil245