尼采以骆驼、狮子和婴儿比喻人生的精神阶段。骆驼、狮子好懂。骆驼,言其吃苦负重。人们总能看见“沙漠之舟”在干旱荒苦的沙漠戈壁艰难跋涉的形象。尼采以为人生先吃得苦,这很像中国古代儒家所言,“天将降大任于是人也,必先苦其心志,劳其筋骨……。”中国民间亦有劝孩子小时要 Nietzsche with camel, lion and baby metaphor of the spiritual stage of life. Camel, lion understand. Camel, the weight of their sufferings. One can always see the image of the “boat of the desert” trekking hard in the arid desert desert. Nietzsche believes that eating well first life, which is much like the ancient Chinese Confucian said, “Heaven will drop any person, we must first bitter their minds, their muscles ......” Chinese folk also advised children to be small