Faith in the Earth

Summary

"Faith in the Earth" is a concept referred to in the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's mytho-poetic formulation of divinity, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.[1]

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  1. ^ "... remain true to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of superterrestrial hopes! [bleibt der Erde treu und glaubt Denen nicht, welche euch von überirdischen Hoffnungen reden!]"—Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Part I, 1961, p. 42; English translations: Thomas Common in Levy edition, 1905; Tille & Bozman Everyman, 1933; Walter Kaufmann, Viking, 1954; Reg Hollingdale, Penguin, 1961; Graham Parkes, Oxford, 2005; Pippin & DelCaro, Cambridge, 2006