ABSTRACT
As early as 1873, in notes for one of the unwritten Untimely Meditations, Nietzsche writes: The philosopher's product is his life. His life is his work of art, and every work of art is first turned towards the artist and then toward other men'. Nietzsche suggests the priority of individuals' lives over their works such that the latter become the means for projecting the former, while their reception by witnesses becomes something of a mere afterthought. Zarathustra's godlessness is thus both a challenge to his audience as well as a question mark against the very possibility of such an audience, just as the godless, monological work questions the need and value for an audience for works and deeds in general. Perhaps the single most important metaphor employed throughout TSZ to explain Zarathustra's mission and Nietzsche's whole philosophy is that of height.
