>my bro gave me thus spake zarathustra for my b-day >too

>>9773487
Brain is like any other muscle, you exercise it little by little. Be happy because you will get smarter soon.

>>9773494
This is a surprisingly touching post to find here. Thank you, anon.

>>9773494
/wholesome/ comment of the year

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>dad gives me his entire philosophy collection to pass down before he dies
>too stupid to understand 1 page of any of it
>tries to talk to me about philosophy on deathbed
>have to make up random shit in order to not let him down
>tfw he knows I'm just making up random shit
>tfw I know he knows I'm making up random shit
>tfw none of us want to confront that because this is the closest thing to a real father son moment we've had in our lives

Zarathustra is the worst place to start with Nietzsche since his philosophical points are made in poetry and allegory. It's a work of his to read once you have some familiarity with his philosophy. Start with Beyond Good and Evil or Genealogy of Morals instead.

>>9773553
Good god, anon. That's sad. You can still make his memory proud.

>>9773568
But that's the thing, I want to be able to interpret the allegory and poetry.

>>9773487
how do i git gud at reading?

>>9774506
just flip the pages and look at the symbols my man

>>9773553
Kek.

>>9773568
Wait, isn't Zarathustra prose?
Honestly, I'd have to try it myself, because I've heard many people say it's a bad place to start and many say it's good place.
I have a good translation of the book already, and I doubt I'll find other books.

>>9773494
This. I started reading seriously when I was 18, and I had to go over passages multiple times before they were able to enter my brain. Now i'm 25 and I can read those same books in one or two sittings. My only limiter is time.

>>9773578
Nigger, what you're doing is going to the gym, getting a bar, then dropping a bunch of pl8s on it like you aren't a weakling and getting mad when you get crushed by the weight.

>>9773487
>be me
>have 0 knowledge of math and physics
>pick up a book on quantum physics
>"wtf i don't understand shit"
This is how you sound

>>9774506
just bee urself

>>9773487
Nietzsche is not easy to read. Start with Birth of Tragedy and try to read Euripides at the same time so you can connect ideas(and get a nice break with easy-to-read plays)

If you can finish Birth of Tragedy you can move on to anything else by him