# XV explained — Thus Spoke Zarathustra

> Chapter companion for Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.

## What happens

Zarathustra condemns the pious backworldsmen who preach passivity and renunciation of the world, urging his followers to shatter the old tables of such world-maligning morality.

## Themes in this chapter

### Death of God and Revaluation of Values

Zarathustra calls for shattering the old tables of pious morality that deny the world, aligning with the revaluation of all values.

### The Body and the Earth

The chapter condemns world-maligning attitudes that stifle reason and renounce the world, affirming the body and earthly life.

## Character check-ins

### Zarathustra

Speaks against the pious backworldsmen, urging his brethren to break their maxims.

## Key lines

> Shatter, shatter, O my brethren, those old tables of the pious! Tatter the maxims of the world-maligners!

Break apart, my brothers, the ancient laws of the devout! Destroy the sayings of those who despise the world!

_Zarathustra's direct command to overthrow the moral codes that reject earthly existence._

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