EBOOK Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none

"e;Zarathustra"e; is my brother&'s most personal work; it is the history of   his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures,   bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there   soars, transfiguring it, the image of his greatest hopes and remotest   aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very   earliest youth: he once told me that even as a child he had dreamt of   him. At different periods in his life, he would call this haunter of his   dreams by different names; "e;but in the end,"e; he declares in a note on   the subject, "e;I had to do a PERSIAN the honour of identifying him with   this creature of my fancy. Persians were the first to take a broad and   comprehensive view of history. Every series of evolutions, according   to them, was presided over by a prophet; and every prophet had his   &'Hazar,&'-his dynasty of a thousand years.