nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" in plain english anywhere?

[getbush]

My eyes are bleeding. I'm not optimistic for a response but I had to ask because damn this stuff is impossible for me.

 

[EvilYoda]

In "plain English"? I assume you mean a dumbed down version? I'll break it down for you: the ubermensch turns out to be a bad dream and God is alive after all.

 

[yankeesfan]

Just read each chapter and the study guide information on the internet.

 

[Legendary]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra

 

[yankeesfan]

"The translations of Zarathustra dissent according to the sentiments of the translators for the English language. For instance, the Thomas Common translation, widely available, favors a more biblical approach. As a partial consequence, that is, these claims are not limited to its biblical, archaic features, some have claimed it is inaccurate and/or possesses Nazi distortions by Nietzsche's sister. By contrast, the current and much more critical translations, titled Thus Spoke Zarathustra, separately by R.J. Hollingdale and Walter Kaufmann, who also contested the inaccuracies of Common's translation, are considered, in various circles, to convey more accurately the minutiae of the German text than Thus Spake Zarathustra. In these translations the work is rendered in a far more familiar, less archaic, style of language."

From wikipedia. Which one you reading?

 

[getbush]

Thomas Common
I have to write a short essay on 5 discourses each, identifying the point view either as preacher of death, ubermensch or letzemensch, summarize the story and respond to it. only I don't have the first ****** clue what all this symbolism ****** is alluding to. I'm a friggin pharmacy student.

Don't pay it any more attention, lost cause.

 

[Mucho]

Good luck, reading that book is like trying to swim in molasses.