Ideas from 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietzsche [1884], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' by Nietzsche,Friedrich (ed/tr Hollingdale,R.J.) [Penguin 1969,0-14-044118-2]].

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

18290

But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek?

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

18303

Reject wisdom that lacks laughter

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood

18305

To love truth, you must know how to lie

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

20757

The powerful self behind your thoughts and feelings is your body

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

18289

Forget the word 'I'; 'I' is performed by the intelligence of your body

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

18299

The will is constantly frustrated by the past

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

18297

We created meanings, to maintain ourselves

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch

18293

The noble man wants new virtues; the good man preserves what is old

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

18301

We only really love children and work

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness

18307

I want my work, not happiness!

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

18291

Virtues can destroy one another, through jealousy

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth

18287

People now find both wealth and poverty too much of a burden

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

18295

If you want friends, you must be a fighter

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

18286

The greatest experience possible is contempt for your own happiness, reason and virtue

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

18296

An enduring people needs its own individual values

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

18294

The state coldly claims that it is the people, but that is a lie

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

18304

Saints want to live as they desire, or not to live at all

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

18300

Whenever we have seen suffering, we have wanted the revenge of punishment

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

18302

Man and woman are deeply strange to one another!

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

18292

I can only believe in a God who can dance

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

18298

Not being a god is insupportable, so there are no gods!

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven

18288

Heaven was invented by the sick and the dying

18306

We don't want heaven; now that we are men, we want the kingdom of earth