Nietzsche and Wagner’s Greatest Hits, and Naughty Bits
Zachary WoolfeNovember 6, 2013: MONTCLAIR, N.J. — When Nietzsche and Wagner first met in 1868, the philosopher, more than 30 years Wagner’s junior, found a father figure. Wagner got an acolyte and mouthpiece. But their bromance cooled hard. Nietzsche thought Wagner’s art was growing complacent. (He also had a crush on Wagner’s wife.) Wagner thought excessive masturbation was causing Nietzsche’s health troubles. Years after Wagner died in 1883, Nietzsche wrote, “Wagner belongs only to my diseases.”
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