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Originally Posted by Glice

And Thus Spake Zarathustra gets away from this criticism because it's less covert? I realise he criticise theology very heavily, but lets not forget that the concept of the superman is entirely concieved through religious notions. Rarely does a philosopher get away from theology with anything approximating conviction.

mais non, mon frere! (chuckles @ my pomposity)-- the notion of the superman is darwinian in origin, if anything. not hegelian. and zarathustra is an awful book-- makes me think of a teenage comic book. zarathustra and his animals! (yuck). too mythical for my taste. thus i recommended beyond good and evil, in which he proceeds to smash all preexisting philosophy & proposes a project for the future philosophers. nietzsche always loved his zarathustra though. i find it unreadable.