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Lou Andreas-Salomé
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A genuine Nietzsche study would require the psychology of religion that would spotlight the meaning of his being, his suffering, and his self-induced bliss.
— Nietzsche (Friedrich Nietzsche in seinen Werken), 1894
Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
- Fame57.5
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- Fame57.5
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- Writers rank#244
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Lived 1861–1937, aged 76
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She moved through the intellectual peaks of late 19th-century Europe as an equal, not a muse—Nietzsche proposed, Rilke orbited, Freud made her a peer in the new science of the mind.
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Born in Russia on 12 February 1861 to a French Huguenot-German family, she carried a cosmopolitan restlessness from the start. Her mind pulled her into philosophy first: Friedrich Nietzsche proposed marriage, Paul Rée completed a famous intellectual triangle, and the friction of those years made her a writer. She turned to essays and narrative, then eventually to Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, becoming a practitioner in her own right. Rainer Maria Rilke was another chapter—poet, lover, correspondent. She died on 5 February 1937, having crossed more borders and disciplines than most people m…
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Lou Andreas-Salomé
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Once upon a time, everything was based on trust, free from worry or care; now everything stands in doubt.
— On Nora in A Doll's House, p. 54
Lou Andreas-Salomé
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Conversing with Nietzsche is uncommonly lovely . . .
— Diary entry, August 14, 1882; cited in Rudolph Binion's Frau Lou (Princeton University Press, 1968) p. 79, translation by Rudolph Binion
Lou Andreas-Salomé
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I can neither live according to models, nor shall I ever be able to provide a model for anyone else.
— Letter to her former teacher, Hendrik Gillot, March 26, 1882; translation by Frank Beck, 2022
Lou Andreas-Salomé
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You also write: you had always thought that such complete devotion to purely intellectual goals was only meant to be a "transition" for me. What do you mean by "transition"?
— Letter to her former teacher, Hendrik Gillot, March 26, 1882; translation by Frank Beck, 2022
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