" It is bookended by a chapter entitled "Joke, Cunning and Revenge" and by the "Songs of Prince Vogelfriei;" in between are sketches on St. Januarius and "We Fearless Ones."
One passage in this book defines good men as those who "dig the old thoughts" to become "farmers of the spirit," but laments that "eventually all land is exploited, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again." It is bookended by a chapter entitled "Joke, Cunning and Revenge" and by the "Songs of Prince Vogelfriei;" in between are sketches on St. Januarius and "We Fearless Ones." A noted quote from this book is followed by the disclaimer "but given the way people are, there may still for millennia be caves in which they show his shadow. And we, we must still defeat his shadow as well." The title is an expression about the attitude of troubadours in Provencal towards their occupation. For 10 points, name this text which first explained "eternal recurrence" and announced that "God is dead," a book called the most personal of Friedrick Nietzsche.
One passage in this book defines good men as those who "dig the old thoughts" to become "farmers of the spirit," but laments that "eventually all land is exploited, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again.
The {Gay Science} or Die {fröhliche Wissenschaft}