De Retrospect Summary of Some Memories of My Life

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Nietzsche inCastilian

Lou Andreas-Salome

De retrospect:SUMMARY OF SOME MEMORIES OF

MY LIFE.Original edition Ernst Pfeiffer, trans. A. Venegas, Madrid, Alianza

Editorial, 1980.EXPERIENCE OF FRIENDS

In Rome, for now, something happened that blew our favorwas the arrival of Friedrich Nietzsche to our circle, caught up in aletter by his friends Malwida and Paul Ree, and unexpectedly camefrom Messina to share our company. But something even moreunexpected is that hardly knew Paul Ree plan and mine, Nietzschebecame the third in the covenant. Even the place was set for our futuretrinity would be Paris (originally Vienna), where both Paul Re likeme, and I him before by St. Petersburg, were related to Ivan Turgenev.This relaxed a little Malwida, because there we saw protected by theiradopted daughters Olga and Natalie Herzen Monod, the second alsokept a small gathering, where he read something beautifulsurrounded by young girls. But what he would have liked to havebeen Malwida that Mrs. Ree had accompanied his son and his brotherMiss Nietzsche.

Our jokes were cheerful and harmless, and we all wantedmuch to Malwida, and Nietzsche was often in a state of agitationwhich passed its second way to be more restrained, or more precisely,something solemn. This solemnity the memory and from our firstmeeting, which took place at the Church of San Pedro, where Paul Ree

indulged his working notes with ardor and devotion, in a confessionaloriented so particularly favorable towards the light, and where whyNietzsche had quoted. His first greeting to me were the words: "Fromwhat we have been falling star here, facing each other?". What startedas well but later suffered a twist that made us go, Paul Ree and me,new concerns about ourplan, to the extent that it was immeasurablycomplicated by a third party. Certainly Nietzsche saw it more as a
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simplification of the situation made me Re did plead against his goodoffices to a marriage proposal. Deeply concerned, we started to thinkwhat would be the best way to solve it without jeopardizing ourtrinity. He remembered clearly explain Nietzsche, first of all, my basicaversion to marriage in general, but in addition also the fact that I

lived just the general's widow's pension, and that marrying lose myown small pension, which was granted to only children of the Russiannobility.

When we left Rome, the matter seemed settled; addition of lateNietzsche had suffered more frequently from their "attacks"-the illness thathad forced him at the time, to leave the chair of Basel, which was manifestedas a Migraine-terribly strong, for this reason, Paul Ree stayed with him whilestill in Rome, while my mother-as I recall-was more convenient for me fromthe first, so that only during the trip we met again all. Then together, westation on the way, for example in Orta, in the lakes of northern Italy, wherethe Monte Sacro, located nearby, it seems that captivated us, at least therewas my mother's grumpy alien to our intentions , to Nietzsche delayed usand I, over the account in the Monte Sacro and not returning on time to pickher up, which also scored quite angry Paul Ree, who had company. Then weleft Italy, Nietzsche made a getaway houseOverbeckin Basel, but from thereto meet us again in Lucerne, for the good offices of Paul Ree Romans in theirfavor seemed inadequate and wanted to discuss the matter personally with me, which took place in Lucerne Lwengarter. Meanwhile, Nietzsche insisted ondoingphotographyfor three of us, despite violent protests by Paul Ree, whoretained a lifelong horror playback sickly face. Nietzsche in euphoria, not onlyinsisted on doing it, but I dealt personally with zeal, preparation of details,like the little wagon (which was too small!), Or even kitsch bouquet of lilacs

in the crop, and so on.

[...]

From Bayreuth was planned several weeks coexistencebetween Nietzsche and I in Thuringia - bei Tautenburg Dornburg -where I came by chance to live in a house whose host, the preacher ofthe place turned out to be a former student of my main teacher inZurich, Alois Biederman. It seems that at the beginning there weresome disputes between Nietzsche and I, due to all kinds of talk, whichto this day I still appear incomprehensible because they pitied with

any sort of reality, and which also soon we disposed to enjoyabundantly each other's company, leaving aside possible to upsetothers. Here I was able to go into the circle of Nietzsche's thoughtsmuch more deeply than I had been possible in Rome or on the way: Idid not yet know anything of his works, apart fromthe Gay Science,he still had in his last stage of development and which as we read inRome: in conversations of this sort is snatched Nietzsche and Ree thewords of the mouth, had long belonged to the same spiritual trend, or
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at least since Nietzsche Wagner had alienated. The predilection foraphoristic work mode-which Nietzsche was forced by his illness andhis way of life had been self-outset Paul Ree, was always aLarochefoucauld or La Bruyre in the pocket, the same way, from hisearly work, On the vanity , always remained the same spirit. But

Nietzsche was possible to feel and what I had to take it beyond itscollections of aphorisms and towards Zarathustra : Nietzschemovement deep the form of God, who came and went from religion toreligion's prophecy.

In one of my letters to Paul Ree from Tautenburg the Aug. 18,and reads: "Very early in my relationship with Nietzsche Maldiwa Iwrote that this was a religious nature , thereby arousing the strongestresistance on their part . Today I would like to stress this expressiontwice "" We will see the day of filing as the herald of a new religion,and a religion that will then recruit heroes as disciples. How we think

and feel the same respect, and how we quitbamos fully the wordsand thoughts of the mouth. Literally speaking we kill these threeweeks, and the remarkable thing is that, suddenly, he now supportschat about ten hours a day. "" It is strange that in our discussions wewill give involuntarily into the abyss, to places of vertigo that once onehas come climbing alone, to peer into the depths. We have consistentlychosen the paths of the chamois, and if anyone would have believedwe had heard that they were two devils talking. "

It could not be otherwise, in the mode of being of Nietzscheand what fascinated me was saying just what he and Paul Ree had less

chance of accessing the word. Since it vibrated half memories orfeelings from my childhood ignored, infantilsima, yet very personaland indestructible. Only, at the same time, it was precisely this whichI never would have allowed to become his disciple, in his follower:walking in the direction I had to let go to find clarity, would havemade me wary at all times. What mesmerized and at the same time, anintimate rejection, were one and the same thing.

After I had returned to Stibbe in the fall, we returned onceagain to meet with Nietzsche in Leipzig in October, for three weeks.None of us had a feeling that would be the last time. And yet it wasnot like at first, but still firm desires a common future for all three. If Ihave to wonder what, above all, began to affect my inner dispositiontowards Nietzsche, say it was the increasing accumulation, by you, ofinnuendo intended to harm Paul Ree before my eyes and wonder,Also, that this method could be effective.

Only after our farewell in Leipzig also broke the attacks on myperson, hate-filled accusations of which I only got to know a letter
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precursor. What followed seemed to contradict depues so the essenceand dignity of Nietzsche, which can only be ascribed to the influenceof others. For example, when we did the REE and my objectunfounded suspicions which he knew better than anyone. But it seemsthat the most odious of this period I was simply masked by Paul Ree

care-which I did not know until many years later, it seems there waseven Nietzsche's letters to me I would not ever arrived, savingexpletives I would have been incomprehensible. And not only that:Paul Ree I also hid the fact to what extent circulating calunmias hadstirred up against me also to his family, to the point that it hated me,in which, it is true, had especially to do the Insanely jealousdisposition ofthe mother, whose desire was to retain the child alone.

Nietzsche himself, much later, seems to have also expressedtheir displeasure with the rumors that had circulated, because throughHeinrich von Stein, who was a friend of ours, we found out the next

episode of Sils-Maria, where he visited Nietzsche once (but first askunder). He called before him the chance to end the misunderstandingsthat had arisen between us three, but Nietzsche replied, shaking hishead: "What I did can not be forgiven."

Later followed me myself Paul Ree method: stay away fromthe whole thing, not just read about it and not take care or homeattacks Nietzsche or, in general, the literature on Nietzsche after hisdeath. My book Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in his works stillcompletely without warning, motivated only by the fact that theiraccess to fame, he had taken possession of too many young writers

who did not understand; myself spiritual image of Nietzsche I hadrevealed in his works, but only after our personal approach, myintention was nothing but to understand the figure of Nietzsche fromthese impressions objective . And as I revealed her pure image festivalretrospective Personally, I had to keep my eyes.

Lou Andreas-Salom
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