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What Good Is Nature?

David Dobereiner reviews the history of the nature of Nature.

In Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883), Zarathustra might have said “God is not dead, He has moved to the countryside.”

This would have been more consistent with Zarathustra’s actions. Throughout the book we follow the anchorite prophet as he constantly communes with wild nature. As Zarathustra leads his disciples to the tops of mountains, he recharges his powers, in order to go down to the town to preach to the god-soaked citizens. His message to them is, “Do not believe the stories you are being told about eternal life after death.

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