"Faith in the Earth" is a concept referred to in the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

's mytho-poetic formulation of

divinity Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine

, ''

Thus Spoke Zarathustra ''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 Niet ...

''."... remain true to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of superterrestrial hopes! 'bleibt der Erde treu und glaubt Denen nicht, welche euch von überirdischen Hoffnungen reden!''—Friedrich Nietzsche, ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'', Part I, 1961, p. 42; English translations:

Thomas Common Thomas Common (1850–1919)David S. Thatcher, ''Nietzsche in England, 1890-1914'', University of Toronto Press, 1970. was a translator and critic, who translated several books by Friedrich Nietzsche into English. There is little information about ...

in Levy edition, 1905; Tille & Bozman Everyman, 1933; Walter Kaufmann, Viking, 1954; Reg Hollingdale, Penguin, 1961; Graham Parkes, Oxford, 2005; Pippin & DelCaro, Cambridge, 2006

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