# The Leech — Thus Spoke Zarathustra character guide

> The Leech in Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0134-part-iv-lxv-the-magician

## Who they are

A man obsessed with studying leeches as a metaphor for conscience.

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