Thus Spake Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche. Part I.
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The Importance of Morality in Nietzsche's Life
In morality, Nietzsche starts out by adopting the position of the relativist. He says there are no absolute values good and evil. These are mere means adopted by all in order to acquire power or maintain their place in the world. It is the lion's good to devour an antelope; it is the dead leaf butterflies good to tell a foe of falsehood. For when the dead leaf butterfly in danger it clings to the side of a twig and what it says to its foe is practically this, I am not a butterfly. In offering this little commentary to the Nietzsche student, I should like it to be understood that I make no claim as to its infallibility or indispensableity.
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