ABSTRACT
People would not see the archetype which Zarathustra represents, the archetype of the wise old man. But Zarathustra is not only the archetype; he contains the self at the same time and is therefore an exceedingly superior figure. And we find such a form in Zarathustra, because Zarathustra is on the one side very clearly the archetype of the wise old man, and on the other side that concept of uniqueness. Even when Nietzsche is Zarathustra, he is his own uniqueness, his own personal self as it were. Now, this thing should not be archetype at the same time; the archetype should be differentiated or discriminated from the self. Zarathustra is a sort of god, but he is not sacrificed, and he merely carries a corpse, the corpse of a very inferior man.
