User:Hælþ/Quote change and term change for the "Overman"

Original quote used in þe Friedrich Nietzsche Wikipedia article: "I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood, and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is ape to man? A laughing stock or painful embarrassment. And man shall be that to overman: a laughing stock or painful embarrassment. You have made your way from worm to man, and much in you is still worm. Once you were apes, and even now, too, man is more ape than any ape ... The overman is the meaning of the earth. Let you will say: the overman shall be the meaning of the earth ... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman—a rope over an abyss ... what is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end."


Quote which will be edited in (wiþ ISBN citation included; I have also changed þe length of þe quote and its "..." usage): "I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? All beings so far have created something beyond themselves: and you want to be the ebb of that great tide, and would rather go back to the beast than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just the same shall man be to the Übermensch: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. You have made your way from worm to man, and much within you is still worm. Once you were apes, and even yet man is more of an ape than any ape. Even the wisest among you is only a conflict and hybrid of plant and ghost. But do I bid you become ghosts or plants? Behold, I teach you the Übermensch! The Übermensch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: The Übermensch shall be the meaning of the earth... Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Übermensch-a rope over an abyss... What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an over-going and a going under."[1]

Grammatical correction on the original quote: "Let your will say:". Not "Let you will say:"

Ignore the "access date" section of my citation. This citation is not from an online source. I am simply new to Wikipedia.

  1. ^ Martin, Clancy; Higgins, Kathleen M.; Solomon, Robert C.; Stade, George (2005). Thus Spoke Zarathustra (First ed.). 122 Fifth Avenue New York, Ny 10011: Barnes & Noble Books. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-1-59308-384-7. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)