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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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This is so many things at once: it is wise and intelligent; it is funny and perceptive; it is creative and playful, but it is also nonsensical and impenetrable.
Simply put, I am not quite sure if I am ready for this book. I consider myself relatively well-read, but I do not feel well-read enough to take this one on. There are parts that I do not understand or cannot interpret. I became lost in much of the writing as the allusions went over my head and meant extraordinarily little to me.
This is how I felt the first time I read Ulysses. I read it many years later and managed to trudge through it. The Satanic Verses also had a similar effect on me. All three books left me a little bewildered. And I don't think it is right to criticise such books on this basis.
So, I am putting this one on hold for several years. I will read it again when I am a little older and more educated. For now, though, it was simply okay but too profound for me at this point in my life.
We will speak again Zarathustra, in time.
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Simply put, I am not quite sure if I am ready for this book. I consider myself relatively well-read, but I do not feel well-read enough to take this one on. There are parts that I do not understand or cannot interpret. I became lost in much of the writing as the allusions went over my head and meant extraordinarily little to me.
This is how I felt the first time I read Ulysses. I read it many years later and managed to trudge through it. The Satanic Verses also had a similar effect on me. All three books left me a little bewildered. And I don't think it is right to criticise such books on this basis.
So, I am putting this one on hold for several years. I will read it again when I am a little older and more educated. For now, though, it was simply okay but too profound for me at this point in my life.
We will speak again Zarathustra, in time.
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You can connect with me on social media via My Linktree.
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The work of people such as Nietzsche, Heidegger and Satre to name a few are extremely heady. A book i'm reading right now for class (the phenomenology of the social world) warrants more than one read as well as reading around the actual book. Concepts and ideas are highly complex.
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Thank you for this humble and honest review. It is a rare and invaluable ability to recognize one is not yet ready for some books.
Settare, I thought the exact same thing. Takes a strong person and humility to say that you're not ready for a book, instead of just criticising it.
Blue Turtle wrote: "The work of people such as Nietzsche, Heidegger and Satre to name a few are extremely heady. A book i'm reading right now for class (the phenomenology of the social world) warrants more than one re..."I certainly got that impression here. I could have spent more time with this and researched it, but to be honest I'm only reading it for leisure so didn't want to give it too much time.
I will be back for more though! :D
Sophy wrote: "Settare, I thought the exact same thing. Takes a strong person and humility to say that you're not ready for a book, instead of just criticising it."there would be no basis for such a criticism other than to say - " i didn't get it" and i'd hate to deter others from such a work because it's not right for me at this present time.
Settare wrote: "Thank you for this humble and honest review. It is a rare and invaluable ability to recognize one is not yet ready for some books."always honest! :D And thank you for the comment :)
Sean Barrs wrote: "Sophy wrote: "Settare, I thought the exact same thing. Takes a strong person and humility to say that you're not ready for a book, instead of just criticising it."there would be no basis for such..."
Well thanks for being so honest, it's refreshing.
“Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichristby Walter Kaufmann”
Heartfelt review. That's probably the best way to look at difficult work.
I felt the same way about this one, and I've ready almost every other one of his works. I suggest The Gay Science, Daybreak, and On the Genealogy of Morality. They're very enjoyable.
Thank you for the heads up. Not sure I’ll ever be ready for some books. I plowed through an annotated Ulysses for bookclub several years ago. Without the annotation Ulysses would have been garble.
I've read Ulysses and watched many people explain why it's great. But in the end, I still agree with Huxley: "Ulysses is one of the dullest books ever written, and one of the least significant."
