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"Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra" sous titré "un livre pour tous et pour personne" est un poème philosophique de Friedrich Nietzsche. Il raconte les enseignements et les paroles de Zarathoustra, un philosophe qui cherche à révéler les vérités cachées de l'univers et à guider l'humanité vers un meilleur avenir.Nietzsche y explore de manière approfondie les thèmes de la volonté de puissance, de la mort de Dieu et de la surhumanité.Ce livre se compose d'un prologue et de quatre parties où s'enchainent des discours, des paraboles, des poésies, et des chants étalés sur quatre périodes de dix jours.A l'origine, Zarathoustra est est un prophète perse qui vécut au Vème siècle avant J.-C., et qui a créé le zoroastrisme. Il est le premier prophète à considérer l'univers avant tout comme un combat entre le bien et le mal.Résumé:Chacune des parties traite les différents aspects de la philosophie de Nietzsche.Première partie: "Zarathoustra descend des montagnes" décrit Zarathoustra lui-même, ses enseignements sur la vie, la volonté de puissance et la surhumanité.Deuxième partie: "Zarathoustra parmi les hommes" présente les relations entre les hommes et les femmes et les valeurs traditionnelles de la société.Troisième partie: "Zarathoustra parmi les animaux" relate de la relation de l'homme avec le monde animal et la nature en général.Quatrième partie: "Zarathoustra parmi les sages" présente les derniers enseignements de Zarathoustra avant qu'il ne retourne dans sa montagne."Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra" est un livre complexe et passionnant. A lire et à relire sans modération.

Thus Spake Zarathustra is a philosophical novel which mostly deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch. The book talks about the old wise man who descends from his mountain among the people, out of a desire to learn something from them and to donate his wisdom to people. He encounters a variety of people and learns their secrets and reveals that he is actually looking for a man equal to himself. Many do not understand his philosophy and ridicule him, but there are those who admire him.Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) was a German philosopher, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work.

"Le Gai Savoir" de Friedrich Nietzsche, l'auteur incontournable de "Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra" et "Par-delà le bien et le mal", est un travail philosophique audacieux qui explore des thèmes centraux tels que la volonté de puissance, l'optimisme affirmatif, la critique de la morale traditionnelle, et le concept innovant d'éternel retour. Nietzsche nous guide à travers un monde libéré des entraves de la métaphysique traditionnelle, proposant une vision de la vie qui célèbre l'existence joyeuse et libre.L'ouvrage est organisé en aphorismes distincts, couvrant un éventail de sujets, y compris la philosophie, la psychologie, la religion, la morale et la culture. Nietzsche propose l'idée révolutionnaire du "surhomme", un idéal d'individu qui transcende les limites humaines pour créer sa propre signification et ses propres valeurs, un concept qui trouve écho dans ses ¿uvres ultérieures."Le Gai Savoir" est un trésor de la philosophie occidentale, explorant profondément la condition humaine et la nature de la réalité. Nietzsche nous défie de dépasser les limites imposées par la société et de nous engager dans une quête éclairée de la connaissance et de l'auto-amélioration.Mots-clés décrivant cet ouvrage : Friedrich Nietzsche, Le Gai Savoir, philosophie occidentale, Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra, Par-delà le bien et le mal, volonté de puissance, critique de la morale, éternel retour, surhomme, aphorismes, philosophie Nietzsche, psychologie Nietzsche, religion, culture, métaphysique, affirmation de la vie, dépassement de soi, condition humaine, réalité, connaissance, auto-amélioration, Nietzsche en français, livres de philosophie, penseurs influents, classiques de la philosophie.

La voluntad de verdad, que todavía nos seducirá a correr más de un riesgo, esa famosa veracidad de la que todos los filósofos han hablado hasta ahora con veneración: ¡qué preguntas nos ha propuesto ya esa voluntad de verdad! ¡Qué extrañas, perversas, problemáticas preguntas! Es una historia ya larga, ¿y no parece, sin embargo, que apenas acaba de empezar? ¿Puede extrañar el que nosotros acabemos haciéndonos desconfiados, perdiendo la paciencia y dándonos la vuelta impacientes? ¿El que también nosotros, por nuestra parte, aprendamos de esa esfinge a preguntar? ¿Quién es propiamente el que aquí nos hace preguntas? ¿Qué cosa existente en nosotros es lo que aspira propiamente a la «verdad»? De hecho hemos estado detenidos durante largo tiempo ante la pregunta que interroga por la causa de ese querer, hasta que hemos acabado deteniéndonos del todo ante una pregunta aún más radical. Hemos preguntado por el valor de esa voluntad. Suponiendo que nosotros queramos la verdad: ¿por qué no, más bien, la noverdad? ¿Y la incertidumbre? ¿Y aun la ignorancia? El problema del valor de la verdad se plantó delante de nosotros, ¿o fuimos nosotros quienes nos plantamos delante del problema? ¿Quién de nosotros es aquí Edipo? ¿Quién Esfinge? Es éste, a lo que parece, un lugar donde se dan cita preguntas y signos de interrogación. ¿Y se creería que a nosotros quiere parecernos, en última instancia, que el problema no ha sido planteado nunca hasta ahora, que ha sido visto, afrontado, osado por vez primera por nosotros? Pues en él hay un riesgo, y acaso no exista ninguno mayor.

Zarathustra is a sage and a prophet who has a great love of humanity. Because of this love, he desires to leave the solitude of his mountain home to teach others the great truth he has the truth of the overman. Zarathustra first comes to a village where he makes his pronouncement that God is dead. He goes on to say that the overman is the true state of being for which mankind should strive. The people reject him as a madman, however, and Zarathustra realizes that his teachings must take a different route.Zarathustra then finds disciples who are willing to listen to his teachings. He teaches them in private, grooming them to attain the state of overman so that they may eventually carry on his teaching to the rest of the world. Zarathustra teaches them the key points of his knowledge. To become the overman, one must have envy, be a warrior, and not take pity on the world. But, just as disciples of other religious leaders do not at first understand their master's teachings, Zarathustra's disciples do not understand what he is trying to teach them. With much sadness, Zarathustra leaves his disciples to return to his mountain of solitude, encouraging them to go out and spread the word of his teachings.

" Il est célèbre chez nous et on le connaît à peine. Nommé à tout propos, comme son précurseurSchopenhauer, il partage avec lui cette destinée étrange d¿avoir son nom dans toutes les bouches,tout en restant entièrement ignoré. On cite à tout propos ses aphorismes mal compris et son¿uvresecac heen coredanslesté nèbresdel¿in connu.voulut faire silence autour de lui ; le nombre de ses adhérents grandissait toujours davantage, En Allemagne, Nietzsche est en train de devenir auteur de bibliothèques. Trop longtemps onmettant en brèche les milieux académiques les plus récalcitrants et maintenant tout le monde l¿a lu, si même on ne l¿a saisi qüimparfaitement. Par les soins pieux de Mme Elisabeth Foerster-Nietzsche qui consacre sa vie toute entière aux idées de son frère, les ¿uvres complètes du philosophe sont en train de paraître. "

Sea lo que sea aquello que esté a la base de este libro problemático: una cuestión de primer rango y máximo atractivo tiene que haber sido, y además una cuestión profundamente personal testimonio de ello es la época en la cual surgió, pese a la cual surgió, la excitante época de la guerra franco- alemana de 1870-1871. Mientras los estampidos de la batalla de Wörth se expandían sobre Europa, el hombre caviloso y amigo de enigmas a quien se le deparó la paternidad de este libro estaba en un rincón cualquiera de los Alpes, muy sumergido en sus cavilaciones y enigmas, en consecuencia muy preocupado y despreocupado a la vez, y redactaba sus pensamientos sobre los griegos, núcleo del libro extraño y difícilmente accesible a que va a estar dedicado este tardío prólogo (o epílogo). Unas semanas más tarde: y también él se encontraba bajo los muros de Metz, no desembarazado aún de los signos de interrogación que había colocado junto a la presunta «jovialidad» de los griegos y junto al arte griego; hasta que por fin, en aquel mes de hondísima tensión en que en Versalles se deliberaba sobre la paz, también él consiguió hacer la paz consigo mismo, y mientras convalecía lentamente de una enfermedad que había contraído en el campo de batalla, comprobó en sí de manera definitiva el «nacimiento de la tragedia en el espíritu de la música». ¿En la música? ¿Música y tragedia? ¿Griegos y música de tragedia? ¿Griegos y la obra de arte del pesimismo? La especie más lograda de hombres habidos hasta ahora, la más bella, la más envidiada, la que más seduce a vivir, los griegos ¿cómo?, ¿es que precisamente ellos tuvieron necesidad de la tragedia? ¿Más aún del arte? ¿Para qué el arte griego?...

A systematic take on the dogmas that have been dealt with systematically by Friedrich in this book, it offers a philosophical perspective of the same. There are about 296 cliches that have discussed by the celebrated author which have been largely segregated based on 9 themes. Every philosophy carries the personal imprint of the philosopher in terms of their experiences, thought process, expectations and ideology which are then woven with their assumptions and prejudices. It may seem like something larger than life but when one carefully removes the layers around, what stands before is a something very simple and basically human. Friedrich deals with so many futuristic ideas about how the philosophers should incorporate meaningful and pertinent ideas in their hypothesis and research.

" Je connais trop bien les conditions qüil faut réaliser pour me com- prendre, qui me font comprendre nécessairement . ll faut être intègre dans les choses de l¿esprit, intègre jusqüà la dureté pour pouvoir seulement supporter mon sérieux et ma passion. Il faut être habitué à vivre sur des montagnes, ¿ à voir au-dessous de soi le pitoyable bavardage de la poli- tique du jour et de l¿égoïsme des peuples. ll faut que l¿on soit devenu in- différent, il ne faut jamais demander si la vérité est utile, si elle peut devenir pour quelqüun une destinée... Une prédilection des forts pour des questions que personne aujourd¿hui n¿a plus le courage d¿élucider ; le courage du fruit défendu ; la prédestination du labyrinthe. Une expérience de sept solitudes. Des oreilles nouvelles pour une musique nouvelle. Des yeux nouveaux pour les choses les plus lointaines. Une conscience nouvelle pour des vérités restées muettes jusqüici."

Conservar en los problemas sombríos y de abrumadora responsabilidad la alegría serena, es cosa harto difícil, y, sin embargo, ¿hay algo más necesario que la alegría serena? Nada sale bien si no participa en ello la alegre travesura. Soló el exceso de fuerza es la prueba de fuerza. Una transmutación de todos los valores, interrogante negro y tremendo que proyecta sombras sobre quien lo plantea, obliga a cada instante a buscar el sol y sacudir una seriedad pesada, una seriedad que se ha vuelto demasiado pesada. Para este fin, bienvenidos sean todos los medios; cada caso es un caso de buena suerte. Sobre todo, la guerra. La guerra siempre ha sido la grande cordura de todos los espíritus que se han vuelto demasiado íntimos y profundos; hasta en la herida hay virtud curativa. Desde hace tiempo la siguiente máxima, cuyo origen escamoteo a la curiosidad erudita, ha sido mi divisa:increscunt animi, virescit volnere virtus.Otro solaz, que bajo ciertas circunstancias me es aún más grato, consiste en tantear ídolos... Existen en el mundo más ídolos que realidades; tal es mi ¿mal de ojö respecto a este mundo, como también mi ¿mal de oídö... Interrogar con el martillo y oír acaso comaorespuesta ese famoso sanida hueco que dice de intestinos aquejados de flatosidad, ¡qué deleite supone para uno que tiene oídos aún detrás de los oídos!; para mí, avezado sicólogo y seductor ante el que precisamente lo que quisiera permanecer calladito tiene que hacerse oír... También este escritocomo lo revela el títuloes ante todo solaz, rincón soleado, escapada a la sociedad, de un sicólogo. ¿Acaso también una nueva guerra? ¿Se tantean nuevos ídolos?... Este pequeño escrito es una gran declaración de guerra; y en cuanto al tanteo de ídolos, esta vez no son ídolos de la época, sino ídolos eternos los que aquí se tocan con el martillo como con el diapasón; no existen ídolos más antiguos, más convencidos, más inflados... ni más huecos... Lo cual no impide que sean los más creídos. Por otra parte, sobre lodo en el caso más distinguido, no se los designa en absoluto con el nombre de ídolo...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. The protagonist is nominally the historical Zoroaster, but, besides a handful of sentences, Nietzsche is not concerned with a specific resemblance. Much of the book consists of discourses by Zarathustra on a wide variety of subjects, most of which end with the refrain, "Thus spoke Zarathustra." The character of Zarathustra first appeared in Nietzsche's earlier book The Gay Science.The style of Zarathustra has facilitated varied and often incompatible ideas about what Zarathustra says. Zarathustra's "explanations and claims are almost always analogical and figurative." Though there is no consensus with what Zarathustra means when he speaks, there is some consensus about that which he speaks. Zarathustra deals with ideas about the Übermensch, the death of God, the will to power, and eternal recurrence. Nietzsche has suggested that his Zarathustra is a tragedy, a parody, a polemic, and the culmination of the German language. It was his favorite of his own books. He was aware, however, that readers might not understand it. This is possibly why he subtitled it A Book for All and None. However, as with the content as a whole, the subtitle has baffled many critics, and there is no consensus. Zarathustra's themes and merits are continually disputed. It has nonetheless been hugely influential in various facets of culture. (wikipedia.org)

In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.

'Many lands saw Zarathustra, and many peoples: no greater power did Zarathustra find on Earth than the creations of the loving ones-"good" and "bad" are their names.'It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor.Reflecting on the nietzschean philosophy, Zarathustra's sermons and discourses expound the concepts of will to power, the Superman, eternal return, radical perspectivism, problem of nihilism, and individualism among others.One of the most influential and popular works of Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra is an inspiration for many. Intense and insightful, this philosophical novel remains a literary masterpiece.

The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche is a philosophical work that considers the moral status of religion, as well as the nature of existence. It is one of Nietzsche's most famous works and stands as a cornerstone of his thought. In The Antichrist, Nietzsche presents a highly controversial view of Christianity as a damaging influence upon western civilization that must come to an end. Regardless of one's religious or philosophical point of view, The Antichrist makes for an engaging philosophical discourse. He argues that Christianity has made humanity weak, and that in order for humanity to reach its true potential, these values must be discarded.Nietzsche's one of the most debated thinkers of the 19th century, Nietzsche and his works have been by turns vilified, lauded, and subjected to numerous contradictory interpretations, and yet he remains a figure of profound import, and his works a necessary component of a well-rounded education. The Antichrist is absolutely vital to any meaningful understanding of Nietzsche the man and Nietzsche the philosopher. An insightful and entertaining indictment of Christianity, it has enraged and inspired generations of readers.

" Lorsque Zarathoustra eut atteint sa trentième année, il quitta sa patrie et le lac de sa patrie et s¿en alla dans la montagne. Là il jouit de son esprit et de sa solitude et ne s¿en lassa point durant dix années. Mais enfin son c¿ur se transforma, ¿ et un matin, se levant avec l¿aurore, il s¿avança devant le soleil et lui parla ainsi :« Ô grand astre ! Quel serait ton bonheur, si tu n¿avais pas ceux que tu éclaires ?Depuis dix ans que tu viens vers ma caverne : tu te serais lassé de ta lumière et de ce chemin, sans moi, mon aigle et mon serpent.Mais nous t¿attendions chaque matin, nous te prenions ton superflu et nous t¿en bénissions.Voici ! Je suis dégoûté de ma sagesse, comme l¿abeille qui a amassé trop de miel. J¿ai besoin de mains qui se tendent.Je voudrais donner et distribuer, jusqüà ce que les sages parmi les hommes soient redevenus joyeux de leur folie, et les pauvres, heureux de leur richesse."

Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical work Beyond Good and Evil questions conventional morality and intellectual assumptions. According to Nietzsche, conventional morality, which is founded on cultural and religious conventions, is constrictive and inhibits people from completely expressing who they really are. According to Nietzsche's "will to power" theory, people naturally want to use their power and influence to influence others. He also presents the notion of the "superman," a mythical being free to choose their own moral standards and transcend conventional morality. Nietzsche criticises standard philosophical notions like the concept of truth and the notion of free will throughout the whole book. He contends that reality is relative and dependent on one's viewpoint, and that free will is an illusion produced by our need for control. While Beyond Good and Evil is difficult to read, it is nonetheless a significant contribution to contemporary philosophy. It inspires people to reconsider their convictions and look for a more genuine and satisfying existence outside of conventional cultural conventions.

The great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche also composed poems during his lifetime, but he could not become famous as a poet in the world.Poems are the medium in which a person expresses his situation, mood, wholeness and qualities in the form of words through expressions, ornaments and rasas. Whose objectivity is determined not on the basis of facts, prejudices, deprivations and concepts, but on the basis of poignant, heart touching, inspired, tearful and motivating.Nietzsche's poems cover various events of his life, the turmoil of routine, the sorrow of solitude, the intense pain of self-suffering, the concept of individualism, the autumn season, the longing for love and the malignant beauty of nature.In this poetry collection, the rare poems of Friedrich Nietzsche have been translated into Hindi language. So that people can get acquainted with the poems of Nietzsche. Poems that are very helpful in understanding Nietzsche from the point of view of emotion.This book is a single and unique collection of rare poems of Nietzsche in Hindi language.

Thoughts Out of Season is a classic German philosophy text by the great German philosopher, Freidrich Nietzsche.This philosophy classic contains this snippet: To the reader who knows Nietzsche, who has studied his Zarathustra and understood it, and who, in addition, has digested the works entitled Beyond Good and Evil, The Genealogy of Morals, The Twilight of the Idols, and The Antichrist,-- to such a reader everything in this volume will be perfectly clear and comprehensible. In the attack on Strauss he will immediately detect the germ of the whole of Nietzsche's subsequent attitude towards too hasty contentment and the foolish beatitude of the "easily pleased"; in the paper on Wagner he will recognise Nietzsche the indefatigable borer, miner and underminer, seeking to define his ideals, striving after self-knowledge above all, and availing himself of any contemporary approximation to his ideal man, in order to press it forward as the incarnation of his thoughts. Wagner the reformer of mankind! Wagner the dithyrambic dramatist!--The reader who knows Nietzsche will not be misled by these expressions.

Beyond Good and Evil: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra but with a more polemical approach. It was first published in 1886 under the publishing house C. G. Naumann of Leipzig at the author's own expense and first translated into English by Helen Zimmern, who was two years younger than Nietzsche and knew the author.[1][2]Acco is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra but with a more polemical approach. It was first published in 1886 under the publishing house C. G. Naumann of Leipzig at the author's own expense and first translated into English by Helen Zimmern, who was two years younger than Nietzsche and knew the author.[1][2]According to translator Walter Kaufman, the title refers to the need for moral philosophy to go beyond simplistic black and white moralizing, as contained in statements such as "X is good" or "X is evil".[1] At the beginning of the book (§ 2), Nietzsche attacks the very idea of using strictly opposite terms such as "Good versus Evil".[1]In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.

Texte intégral. Cet ouvrage s¿inscrit dans un projet de sauvegarde et de valorisation de bibliothèques et de fonds patrimoniaux anciens, rares ou oubliés, appartenant à la littérature des 19e et 20e siècles. Une collection de grands classiques, d¿écrits pour le théâtre, de poésie, mais aussi des livres d¿histoire, de philosophie ou d¿économie, de récits de voyage ou de livres pour la jeunesse à re-découvrir via les librairies en ligne ou à lire sur papier avec une mise en page étudiée pour favoriser le confort de lecture.

Texte intégral. Cet ouvrage s¿inscrit dans un projet de sauvegarde et de valorisation de bibliothèques et de fonds patrimoniaux anciens, rares ou oubliés, appartenant à la littérature des 19e et 20e siècles. Une collection de grands classiques, d¿écrits pour le théâtre, de poésie, mais aussi des livres d¿histoire, de philosophie ou d¿économie, de récits de voyage ou de livres pour la jeunesse à re-découvrir via les librairies en ligne ou à lire sur papier avec une mise en page étudiée pour favoriser le confort de lecture.

The important concepts in this book include the difference between slave morality and master morality. Nietzsche tries to help the reader understand that there are no absolutes and that everything can be understood differently from a different point of view. He sees the greatest danger as the mindless, instinctive herd, and warns strongly against it, including especially the flawed and oxymoronic concept of the "common good". Since the rise of the Jacobins, more people have been murdered, starved to death or enslaved for the "common good" than for any other excuse.

Interroger le fanatisme de la vérité qui gouverne la philosophie, reconnaître la vie seule pour source de toute valeur, l'indépendance pour la vertu suprême du philosophe, et rechercher une réconciliation inédite de l'art et de la science: tel est pour Nietzsche le sens du gai savoir, de l'idée provençale de 'gaya scienza', cette unité du troubadour, du chevalier et de l'esprit libre par laquelle cette magnifique culture ancienne des Provençaux se distingue de toutes les cultures équivoques. Unité de l'amor fati et de la philosophie de Dionysos, le gai savoir est la philosophie du oui à la vie, engendrée par la reconnaissance et l'acquiescement, qui culmine dans la pensée de l'éternel retour, présentée ici pour la première fois. (www.evene.fr)

Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. Scholars have argued that "the worst possible way to understand Zarathustra is as a teacher of doctrines". Nonetheless Thus Spake Zarathustra "has contributed most to the public perception of Nietzsche as philosopher - namely, as the teacher of the 'doctrines' of the will to power, the overman and the eternal return".

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a work of philosophical fiction by Friedrich Nietzsche, was written between 1883 and 1885. Although the protagonist is ostensibly the actual Zoroaster, there is a little historical parallel to the character outside of a few sentences. The majority of the book is made up of speeches by Zarathustra on a range of topics, with the phrase "Thus spoke Zarathustra" finishing off each one.The hermit who created Zarathustra was motivated by the sun, which can only be happy when it shines on others. Many of the concepts that will be covered throughout the book are introduced in the prologue, which is the first chapter of the book.They discuss the themes of the death of God and the emergence of the Übermensch while also introducing the idea of the will to power.While remaining alone in his cave, Zarathustra starts to become older. He receives a visit from a soothsayer one day who promises to tempt him into compassion. He comes to understand that the superior guy is everyone he has spoken to that day. The next morning, he sees a lion and a flock of doves outside his cave.