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Quotation from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
“Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman—a rope over an abyss”
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prologue, §4, trans. Thomas Common (1892)
The image takes its cue from the rope-dancer about to perform; humanity is defined as a dangerous crossing rather than a destination.
Citation: "Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman—a rope over an abyss" — Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prologue, §4, trans. Thomas Common (1892). (id thus-spoke-zarathustra-q3)
Portrait: Nietzsche187a, Friedrich Hermann Hartmann, Public domain.
