Also sprach Zarathustra

A philosophical work written in the style of a prophetic book. Zarathustra, a wise man, leaves his mountain solitude to teach people about a new way of living. He speaks in parables, speeches and songs, meeting townsfolk, followers, rivals and animals along the way.

The book introduces some of Nietzsche's best-known ideas, including the overman, the will to power and eternal recurrence. It is part poem, part sermon, part satire of religious language, and it remains his most famous and most quoted work.