Nietzsche parable of the madman he gay science 1882 1887

But how did we do this? But how did we do this?

The Gay Science Parable

What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? God is dead. Gods, too, decompose. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes.

Whither is it moving now? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? The Gay Science (German: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft; sometimes translated as The Joyful Wisdom or The Joyous Science) is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche published inand followed by a second edition in after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil.

Has it not become colder? How could we drink up the sea? Whither are we moving? Whither is it moving now? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science (, ) para. ; Walter Kaufmann ed.

We have killed him — you and I. All of us are his murderers. Here the madman fell silent and again regarded his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the.

The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God?

Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? Is not night continually closing in on us? Narrated by Ken Gemes THE MADMAN Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours.

Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Whither are we moving. (New York: Vintage, ), pp] This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history. At last he threw his lantern to the ground and it shattered and went out. Is there still any up or down? God remains dead.

Away from all suns? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? This substantial expansion includes the addition of a fifth book to the existing four books of The Gay Science. What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? We have killed him—you and I.

All of us are his murderers. Are we not plunging continually? "The Parable of the Madman" from the Gay Science () by Friedrich Nietzsche. How could we drink up the sea? And we have killed him. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?