--- product_id: 9567765 title: "Nietzsche" brand: "lou salomesiegfried mandel" price: "€ 43.80" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/9567765-nietzsche store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Nietzsche **Brand:** lou salomesiegfried mandel **Price:** € 43.80 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Nietzsche by lou salomesiegfried mandel - **How much does it cost?** € 43.80 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/9567765-nietzsche) ## Best For - lou salomesiegfried mandel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted lou salomesiegfried mandel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Nietzsche ## Images ![Nietzsche - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51lhKT9QddL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fantastic, insightful, brilliant [and flawed] read. *by L***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2018* One of the things that always stuck with me in Nietzche's work was the 'taunt', especially in his later works, that part of a full absorption of his philosophy of life was [paraphrasing] the "Denial of Zarathustra" - and of Nietzsche himself, before you could return to him. After reading this book, I feel that Salome helped me better understand why that was a point that stuck.This book is less a biography of a man or the relationship between Salome and Nietzsche; much more so a summary of the relationship of Nietzsche the man, the work he produced and speculation on how those two were destined to be entwined. This is where my review comes up short of 5 stars. Don't get me wrong - this is an INCREDIBLE read, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is familiar with Nietzsche's work and wants to better understand what may have been influencing his brilliant observations. I felt, though, that while Salome's observations were often illuminating, she fell into the trap of romanticizing the contradictions and obvious biases in his work - she was his friend, after all. She even romanticizes his descent into madness as the logical conclusion of a man pushing himself to the edges of reason in the human mind and experience.While some of these conclusions interesting to think about, I just can't agree with all of them. The intellectual titan that she was obviously close to was shown, in this work - and specifically in the introduction - as a man just as prone to envy, jealousy, revenge, and hypocrisy as the rest of us. It's unquestionable, if you are an astute student of Nietzsche, that he let those things bleed into his work, and in that, they are tainted by a man that - like us - was human - all too human. I believe Nietzsche knew that as well during his life, and this knowing lent to his demand for the denial of his work and person before it could be fully absorbed.Something else that struck me - especially in the latter third of the book, as she discusses Nietzsche's return to mysticism, acting on faith and the metaphysical unknowables, was how similar some of her insights were to the insights of C.G. Jung on Nietzsche's work. Given how thorough the latter's research on Nietzsche was, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Salome influenced some of Jung's own points of view [on Nietzsche, and later his own work] with this book.In summary, I enjoyed this read from beginning to end, but would caution against overindulgence of the author's convincing tone as relates to the conclusions Nietzsche was coming to [intentionally or not] toward the end of his productive years. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ why would you read this book? *by S***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2008* you would not read this book to understand nietzche's philosophy. it is not even clear to me why anyone needs to understand neitzche's philosophy. but lou salome is this crazy incredible lady. while married she become lovers with rilke and remained his intimate correspondent for all his life. she became intimate with nietsche. and later conquered freud, so to speak. so to me this book is an interesting artifact of this incredible woman's mind -- you don't read this book except as a way of knowing salome's mindfullness after rilke and nietzsche. that is, you read this book to learn something that you have to extrapolate from and fit into your life. it is not a passive reading. it is not school learning or becoming educated. it is trying to understand what sort of mind a woman would have that has done such gloriously free and courageous acts such as standing and lying toe2toe with three of the most visionary humanitarian thinkers -- it's an artifact. you read this to be your own archeologist into the human psyche. the content itself literally is of little interest if you want to become an expert in philosophical thinking in order to be a professional. this book isn't that at all. nobody would publish something like this today -- that is, without the hindsight of knowing who nietzsche and salome are now -- at the time this was published, that wasn't apparent, and without that apparentness, this book is no longer a kind of book our educated culture tolerates -- it is too subjective and does not follow any accepted rules of discourse that are recognized by our cultural canon. that is, you don't read this book for any of the reasons it was written or published. you read it because of who nietsche and salome turned out to be in terms of our intellectual flowering. of course, he was destroyed by his sister, who allowed the fascists to make shameful use of him the same way they made ill-use of evolution to justify genocide. you take nietzsche and darwin and if you are powerful enough you get 70-100 million dead without anyone believing they were not morally justified in their actions. nowadays, people seem to once again need religion to justify such pain and suffering for personal advantage. so i think everyone should buy this book and try to make sense of its author -- this is after rilke and N, but i think before freud. a snapshot of a brillian mindful woman articulating her extraordinary experiences ... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What Nietzsche went through to create his philosophy from someone who was there. *by W***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 10, 2018* Unlike any other book on/about/by Nietzsche I have read, this one has a direct and personal angle. Here is an intelligent, educated woman writing about a man SHE KNEW and whose work she studied and helped him with. Her book is well-written, clear and lacking in any technical jargon, either philosophical or psychological. Not a bad choice for someone who has some familiarity with Nietzsche's work and wants to see just who he was.She paints a clear and believable portrait of a man who created his philosophy by wrestling with his own life, it's joys and pain. Thus we see not just that his work was incomparable, but the process that brought it into being was incomparable. As another reviewer said, an excellent addition to Nietzsche studies, especially showing what he went through to create what he did. There are those who will point out that Nietzsche's writing of "the overman", "the warrior" and such types is ironic considering he was polite and sickly. But it turns out in his own life, in his own mind, he was fighting a battle. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/9567765-nietzsche](https://www.desertcart.be/products/9567765-nietzsche) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*