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Up to part 3. Really came around to enjoying Part 2.

The chapter on poets came around the same time I decided to begin reading and writing poetry, and I read the chapter both before and after about a month of this journey. I must say, Nietzsche writes in a way that makes it extremely easy to understand if you are of the group “flawed”. Perhaps a testament to the whole book and Nietzsche within and without it.

"Em verdade, um vento forte é Zaratustra para tudo o que é planície; e este conselho oferece aos seus inimigos e a tudo o que cospe e escarra: "Livrai-vos de escarrar contra o vento!"

The almost 40-page introduction, written by R.J. Hollingdale, managed to piss me off with what felt like insecure deflections of critique of Nietzsche’s philosophies, but it sort of pulled me back once Hollingdale began breaking down complex themes in the book to come in a digestible way I could refer back to. Like a WWE walkout song, the introduction managed to hype and prepare me for what I am about to read.