Thus Spoke Zarathustra

1. What are the three transformations Zarathustra describes, and what does each one represent?

2. Why can't the lion create new values, even though it's strong enough to destroy the old ones?

3. What specific advice does the sleep teacher give his audience, and why do the crowds love his message?

4. Why does Zarathustra see the sleep teacher's wisdom as problematic, even though it seems to work for his followers?

5. What does Zarathustra admit he used to believe in, and why does he call it a mistake?

6. According to Zarathustra, why do people create gods and fantasies about perfect afterlives?

7. What does Zarathustra mean when he says people who hate their bodies have it backwards?

8. Why does ignoring your body's signals lead to losing creative power and becoming bitter?

9. According to Zarathustra, what happens when we adopt the same virtues everyone else claims to have?

10. Why does Zarathustra suggest that our virtues often grow from our former vices?

11. What was the real reason the pale criminal committed murder, according to Zarathustra?

12. Why did the criminal's mind create the robbery story after the murder?

13. What does Zarathustra mean when he says only writing 'with blood' has value, and why does he think casual reading weakens both writers and readers?

14. Why does Zarathustra argue that looking down from strength is better than looking up with longing? What's the difference between these two perspectives?

15. Why does the young man on the hillside feel ashamed and avoid Zarathustra? What has his pursuit of 'something higher' cost him?