Continuing our discussion of the all-important third speech of part 1, at issue here is Zarathustra's turn from the critique of the hinterworldly to the metaphysical concept of ‘being’ and, for Zarathustra, the psychology at the core of both (i.e. all gods and all traditional understandings of philosophy). In his turn toward this psychological foundation for all grounding concepts, Zarathustra broaches the definitive topic of poetry that becomes thematic in the text and crucial for understanding Zarathustra and his political project.
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