Boston Brooks

  Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher in the 19th century. I find his work inspirational and life affirming. Nietzsche's book  Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen has two translations, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Thus Spake Zarathustra. Thus Spoke Zarathustra is written in relatively modern English and Thus Spake Zarathustra is written in biblical English. I have read Thus Spoke Zarathustra and now I am reading Thus Spake Zarathustra. I thought Thus Spake Zarathustra would be more impactful because of its biblical style, but I'm finding it less impactful because of the less direct language and the distraction of having to mentally translate the book into modern English.  Thus Spake Zarathustra uses the term Superman whereas Thus Spoke Zarathustra uses the term Overman. The word Superman has been diluted by popular culture and I feel the word Overman better captures the feeling of Nietzsche's Ubermesch, the successor that rises above mankind. I will contin