On Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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On Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra
| Full title | Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
|---|---|
| Author | Leo Strauss |
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The transcript of Leo Strauss’s 1959 University of Chicago lecture course on Zarathustra, read slowly and in sequence as a philosophical text with a deliberately literary surface — the will to power, the eternal return, the overman, Nietzsche’s quarrel with Plato and his parody of the Bible. As a classroom transcript it keeps the students’ questions and Strauss’s asides, which is much of its value. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), in Literature and Societal Critique, immediately after the three Nietzsche primary texts the list specifies — as the reader’s guide through the hardest of them. Marked with a ☑️ (the page gives no legend for the mark). Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
Edited by Richard L. Velkley and published in 2017.
Connections
- Leo Strauss — the lecturer; he appears several times on this list.
- Friedrich Nietzsche — the author under discussion.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.