Friedrich Nietzsche

At their first meeting in Rome in 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche greeted the twenty-one-year-old Loandrea-Salome (1861-1937) with these foreboding words, laden with expectation: "e;From what two stars have we fallen to meet here?"e;Indeed, there is no doubt that the stunningly beautiful young woman made a powerful impression on the then thirty-seven-year-old "e;philosopher of solitude."e; An impression...