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All done! Time to enjoy the long translator's afterword.

"...we have a yet undiscovered land before us, whose boundaries no one has yet surveyed, something beyond all previous lands and corners of the ideal, a world so superabundant in what is beautiful, strange, questionable, terrible and divine... the great seriousness begins, the real question mark is posed for the first time, the destiny of the soul turns, the clock hand advances, the tragedy begins..."

Book 5 done.

Wow, the spooks are pretty good so far!

"Were you there with Socrates yourself, Phaedo, on the day that he drank the poison in the prison, or did you hear of it from someone else?"

Book 4 of 5 done, which concludes the original publication of this great work. This is such a life affirming book, one I hope to return to again and again!

Episode 16, Eumaeus, finally put to bed.

A reread to celebrate spooky season.

Book 3 of 5 done.

"What makes one heroic? — To approach one's highest suffering and one's highest hope at the same time."

"After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave — a colossal horrific shadow. God is dead: but given the way of humanity, there will perhaps be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown."

Book 2 of 5 done.

"'Be a man and do not follow me; but yourself instead! Yourself instead!' Our life too should remain justified before us! We too shall grow and blossom out of ourselves in innocent selfishness, freely and fearlessly!"

"I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says."

Book 1 done! What a strange and wonderful collection of ideas.

"Pardon me, my friends, I have dared to paint my happiness on the wall."

"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin."