"We neither strive for, wish, seek nor desire anything because we think it to be good, but, on the contrary, we adjudge a thing to be good because we strive for, wish, seek, or desire it." Spinoza's a...
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In the following essay, Hobman offers an overview of Andreas-Salomé's life.
Lou Andreas-Salomé wanted love—the love of man and the love of God—and she took what she w...
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Peters is a German-born American educator and critic. In the following excerpt from his biography of AndreasSalomé, he offers an account of her love affair with the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Ril...
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[A German-born English poet, translator and critic, Hamburger has been widely praised for his translations of such poets as Friedrich Hoelderlin and Georg TrakL In the following Rilke (left) and An...
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Binion is an American educator and critic. In the following excerpt from his highly praised biography of Andreas-Salomé, he discusses her 1894 study of Friedrich Nietzsche's life and work....
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Hampshire is an English philosopher, critic, and educator. In the following excerpt he discusses Andreas-Salomé's personal and intellectual influence on Sigmund Freud during the years 1912...
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(Livingstone is an English educator and critic. In the following excerpt she assesses Andreas-Salomé's theories on the historical origins and development of religion.
When Nietzsche enc...
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In the following essay, Warner speculates that the idealistic "holy trinity" formed between Andreas-Salomé Friedrich Nietzsche, and Paul Rée was fraught with sexual tension and...
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In the following essay, Martin discusses Andreas-Salomé's polemical engagement with Freud on the issues of narcissism and gender difference, noting her resistance to the rigid categories o...
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Lou Andreas-Salome
Critical Essay by D. L. Hobman
