| THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA FOURTH PART |
| 1)The Honey Sacrifice -Zarathustra talks of going fishing in the sea of humankind >luring them in baited with honey >wants to attract certain humans out of the population and extract them with the honeyed knowledge that runs through him (?) >when people �bite� on his hook, he will draw themup to his height of happiness -Zarathustra is patient with his fishing >will not force or threaten people to listen to or follow him -Zarathustra is attempting to lure people out of their melancholy with his knowledge and happiness >people will be lured by his offering of becoming happy and knowledgeable if they follow this path 2)The Cry of Distress -pity is a sin >so don�t pity people -don�t be brought down by pity >don�t allow pity of other people to bring you down into a black melancholy -critics think he is running away and hiding from humanity in Zarathustra�s quest for the overman and is not really happy -Zarathustra responds by saying that he is happy and that he lends assistance to anyone who ventures into his realm (i.e. tries to understand the overman) -as story goes on, will meet several people trying to understand the overman >none of them individually is there yet, but they all emulate some aspect that Zarathustra has spoken about and describes as an attribute of the overman 3)Conversation with the Kings -came upon 2 kings traveling alone -were also searching for the overman -trying to get away from the mob, �good manners� and �good society� -the true nobility resides in the peasants >healthy, coarse, cunning, stubborn and enduring -what good is it to be the leader of rabble -the kings were excited to travel with and learn from Zarathustra >brought one donkey to put the overman on to ride as the lord of lords -Zarathustra wanted to mock their eagerness >perhaps doesn�t want the overman to be celebrated/worshipped/obeyed >shouldn�t be a ruler like the ruler of the mobs >doesn�t aspire and work to become the overman only to fall short of the glory by rejoining the herd as their leader 4)The Leech -Zarathustra accidentally steps on a man lying in the mud >the man is at first surprised and lashes out verbally and physically at Zarathustra -man then realizes who Zarathustra is >explains why he is laying in the mud >allowing leeches to bite him deep >emulates Zarathustra coming down from the mountain and allowing critics to bite at him -man would rather: >know nothing than half-know much >be a fool on his own than a sage according to opinions of others >does not matter if he�s in the ground or the sky -as long as it is a good foundation >this describes how to forgo everything else and start yourself on the correct path to the Overman -man is pursuing the brain of the leech -man is strict, cruel, narrow -from what it seems, this man is an example of someone in the process of going under >leech is draining him of all the half-truths so that he is left with only the hard and honest reality >even if there isn�t much left in man after the leech is done -similar to Descartes� trying to find only those honest and basic truths that you can rely on >doesn�t want to doubt knowledge -Zarathustra invites man back to his cave 5)The Magician -portrays a clergyman as a magician >uses an act/tricks to get people to believe in god/heaven -tries to get people to believe in �the ascetic of the spirit� -Zarathustra admits to being deceived momentarily by magician >deliberately is not mistrustful >wants to be open -Zarathustra thinks the magician lies so much to everyone else that magician/himself is disenfranchised of those lies >clergy can�t really believe in own faith -it is better to admit you are not great than to pretend you are -invites Magician back to Zarathustra�s cave |