/lit/ - Literature

>>11868004
"Zarathustra" is the most difficult and least helpful of the six Nietzsche books I've read. I would start with "Twilight of the Idols" or "The Gay Science" to get a feel for his philosophy. They're written as series of mini-essays, without the woo-woo mythical junk that makes "Zarathustra" such a slog.

Reading Nietzsche is not like reading a self-help book. You don't "get motivated" or feel that life "rocks." But you'll want to argue alongside him and against him, and his ideas will quickly melt your apathy because there's simply so much you want to think about as you read him.