《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第一部》第8节
No longer can your Self do that which it desireth most:—create beyond itself. That is what it desireth most; that is all its fervour. But it is now too late to do so:—so your Self wisheth to succumb, ye despisers of the body. To succumb—so wisheth your Self; and therefore have ye become despisers of the body. For ye can no longer create beyond yourselves. And therefore are ye now angry with life and with the earth. And unconscious envy is in the sidelong look of your contempt. I go not your way, ye despisers of the body! Ye are no bridges for me to the Superman!— Thus spake Zarathustra.
注释摘要
查拉图斯特拉在此刻已经把矛头从泛泛而论的“彼世论者”转向了一个更根本也更隐蔽的敌人——那些蔑视身体的人。他刚才已经论证过，那个被称作“精神”或“我”的东西，不过是身体这个“大智慧”手中的一件小工具、一个小玩物。现在他将这番推论推到极端：如果一个人成了身体的蔑视者，那并不证明他超越了身体，恰恰相反，那证明他的身体本身已经在衰败、已经无力再做它最渴望的事，也就…