Zarathustra, n.Definitions

Zarathustra (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no longer philosophy but a drama of transformation that swallowed the intellect — concerned not with thought but with the thinker of thought.

Zarathustra (n.) tries ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to enter the sanctuary of his own existence by an askesis like the religious one but differently oriented, a gospel meant to end the Christian era.

Zarathustra (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠more for Nietzsche than a poetic figure — an involuntary confession: with God dead, the daemon of wisdom became his bodily double.