《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第四部》第12节
Because THOU once saidest, O Zarathustra: ‘Spirit is life which itself cutteth into life’;—that led and allured me to thy doctrine. And verily, with mine own blood have I increased mine own knowledge!” —“As the evidence indicateth,” broke in Zarathustra; for still was the blood flowing down on the naked arm of the conscientious one. For there had ten leeches bitten into it. “O thou strange fellow, how much doth this very evidence teach me—namely, thou thyself! And not all, perhaps, might I pour into thy rigorous ear! Well then! We part here! But I would fain find thee again. Up thither is the way to my cave: to-night shalt thou there be my welcome guest! Fain would I also make amends to thy body for Zarathustra treading upon thee with his feet: I think about that. Just now, however, a cry of distress calleth me hastily away from thee.” Thus spake Zarathustra.
注释摘要
在这段相遇的尾声，那位自称“精神上的认真者”的人引用了查拉图斯特拉本人的一句话：“精神是生命，是它自身切入生命之中的生命。”这句话在此前某一章里确曾由查拉图斯特拉说出，原意是说精神并非生命之上的旁观者，而是生命的一种自我撕裂、自我加深的方式——它用痛苦扩充认知，在自身之内制造伤口，又从伤口中生长出更丰富的生命。认真者被这句话所引诱，选择了这样一种极端的生活…