Abstract:
From a first reference up to the thesis that names one of her books (The Abusive Widows, 1937), the author explores Lou-Andreas Salomé’s character from the work on Nietzsche published by her. Lou’s “testamentary interpretation” of the German philosopher’s personality in 1893 would reveal not Nietzsche, but the psychology of a “scholarly coquette,” a “calculating siren,” whose “cold cynicism” would be at least odious.
Keywords:
Nietzsche; Lou Salomé; biography; psychology; cynicism