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Hmm Hmm Hmm

getting better

Pretty awesome

Alright so far

I tried reading this book about 3 years ago and I just don't think my understanding of the ancient world and religious ideas was there yet. But 60 pages in and it feels like the right time now

Not bad not great Arth

I love cigarettes

this guy

My boy Seneca is pretty chill. He's a bit of a yapper but I fw him

Can't believe I didn't read this before. A real shame. At least I had Percy Jackson. Eerily similar protagonists.

Nolan cut out the horniness yes but he also cut out the greek mythology

This story is hornier than I remember

Something tells me Nolan will cut this entirely

Final stretch

I love when he calls people strange, sad, foolish, ignorant, etc straight to their face Zarathustra is so funny. Or when he breaks into song for like 3 pages and then the passage ends Thus Sang Zarathustra

almost

Can't believe I actually went through with this but I am reading this in the mountains in Switzerland in the town where he wrote it. Never has a reading experience been so visceral and epic. So worth the endless trains and buses. I'm halfway through so still got so much left but this book is a violent thunderstorm. Yes Nietzsche you are lightning. Its truly a joy to riff off of his thoughts thats why its so damn fun

This guy is a menace wow

cooking

here weee goo

yes yes yes

Almost there

essay 3 is going to punch me in the jaw and im here for it

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I feel like my brain is running through the obstacle course at Sky High

How many holy fucking shit moments can half of one essay have bruh. He laid out the character description of these universal twisted and corrupted individuals who try to mask themselves in societal norms when they are really being the most fucked up of em all.

Paraphrasing, together they act in decency, respect, temperance, until they
get out "with strangers" where they are not much better than birds of prey.