“He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.”
- Source
- Thus Spake Zarathustra
- Date
- 1883–1885
- English wording
- Thomas Common — Translator · from German
Meaning of “He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth…”
Distance and a wider perspective can change the scale of what once seemed overwhelming, even when the underlying difficulty has not vanished.
Where does it come from?
Thus Spake Zarathustra, “Reading and Writing,” Thomas Common translation.