psychoanalysis

quotes

When did a dragon ever die from the poison of a snake?
- Neitzsche

this quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra has been on my mind all day. I've seen many interpretations—what do you think it means?

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hmmm.. i like this
i've you read the passage the quote is from?

Thanks:) What did this passage evoke in you?

this is a paraphrase not a direct quote from the book

One day, while Zarathustra is sleeping, an adder comes along and bites his neck. When the snake is about to leave, Zarathustra thanks it—it woke him up at just the right time. The adder warns him that its poison is deadly, but Zarathustra smiles and says that a snake’s venom can’t kill a dragon, and that the snake should take back its poison. The snake obliges, licking the poison from Zarathustra’s wound