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Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
3.0

incredibly narcissistic but also incredibly insightful at points. very annnoying when it is preachy and engaged in intellectual worship, but also very interesting when it engages in genuine introspection. as is always the case with nietzsche, written beautifully.
i think nobody can agree with this book entirely (it would be alarming if they did), but everyone will get something out of it. very important to read, even if just to test your own skepticism.
michael sugrue said that nietzsche's conception of an ubermensch leads one to believe that he is not truly a part of the 'supermen', but instead gives one the impression that he is engaged in such worship because he desperately wants to be classified in this higher class; which i think sums it up perfectly.