Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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Zarathustra, the eponymous protagonist based on an ancient historical figure, wrestles with a number of concepts, among them ones for which Nietzsche is most famous: the Übermensch and the death of God.

At times both comedic and tragic, Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra is something of an enigma. Even Nietzsche, who called it his favorite out of all his writings, acknowledged that its meaning and intent was ephemeral, and thus added the subtitle "A Book For All and None."