Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 108Chapter XLI. The Soothsayer

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This refers, of course, to Schopenhauer. Nietzsche, as is well known, was at one time an ardent follower of Schopenhauer. He overcame Pessimism by discovering an object in existence; he saw the possibility of raising society to a higher level and preached the profoundest Optimism in consequence.