Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Song of Melancholy Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
(1) After the preceding discourse, Zarathustra escapes into solitude for a short time, embracing his animals. (2) The sorcerer wrestles with his sorrow and sings a song about his old thirst for truth, from which he is now banished.
In Zarathustra’s absence, the sorcerer—again, a symbol for Wagner—sings a song to try to entice the other Higher Men. He tries to lure them back to traditional truths by appealing to their emotions.
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