‘If it is even the task of the biographer to explain the thinker through the person, then this is applicable to Nietzsche in an unusually large measure, because in no one else do outside mindwork and inner image of life correspond so completely.’(Lou Andreas/Salomé) According to Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud’s daughter, Andreas/Salomé preempts psychoanalysis with this book about Nietzsche. Based on her extensive knowledge of the texts and her intimate personal experiences with Nietzsche, Lou Andreas/Salomé undertakes to decode the thinker and philosopher through his personality. She achieves a completely novel depiction of his character, his metamorphoses and his psyche. Lou Andreas/Salomé is one of the most popular writers, essayists and psychoanalysts. Her personal relations to Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund Freud are still objects of animated research and discussion.