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Nietzsche engaged in heavy [[simp|simping]] on behalf of Cosima, despite her being married, and frequently brought gifts for her, chaperoned her, and even wrote poems and love letters in her name, with Nietzsche later proclaiming Cosima as his "wife" during his delerium before his death.<ref>https://www.afr.com/politics/friedrich-nietzsche-and-cosima-wagner-19891117-k3pey</ref> | Nietzsche engaged in heavy [[simp|simping]] on behalf of Cosima, despite her being married, and frequently brought gifts for her, chaperoned her, and even wrote poems and love letters in her name, with Nietzsche later proclaiming Cosima as his "wife" during his delerium before his death.<ref>https://www.afr.com/politics/friedrich-nietzsche-and-cosima-wagner-19891117-k3pey</ref> | ||
Nietzsche's clear romantic feelings for Cosima have led to claims that the relationship between the two was overtly adulterous, especially in light of the later fierce rivalry between Nietzsche and Richard Wagner. This rivalry was previously believed to be primarily brought about by Wagner's late-life Christian turn, as revealed by the Christian themes of his famous opera Parsifal, which irritated Nietzsche greatly, as he despised Christianity and its 'slave morality' exalting the weak and humble. Nietzsche accused Parsifal of resulting from Cosima's 'corruption' of her husband's worldview, indicating the ambivalent nature of his feelings towards her. | Nietzsche's clear romantic feelings for Cosima have led to claims that the relationship between the two was overtly adulterous, especially in light of the later fierce rivalry between Nietzsche and Richard Wagner. This rivalry was previously believed to be primarily brought about by Wagner's late-life Christian turn, as revealed by the Christian themes of his famous opera Parsifal, which irritated Nietzsche greatly, as he despised Christianity and its 'slave morality' exalting the weak and humble. Nietzsche accused Parsifal of resulting from Cosima's 'corruption' of her husband's worldview, indicating the ambivalent nature of his feelings towards her. | ||
Others have attributed the rupture in their previously close relationship to a letter Wagner wrote to a doctor (who later treated Nietzsche and revealed this to him) in which Wagner hypothesized the cause of the ailments that dogged Nietzsche throughout his life was [[fapstinence|chronic masturbation]]. The contents of this letter reportedly caused Nietzsche to erupt in a rage against Wagner.<ref>http://www.thenietzschechannel.com/correspondence/eng/nlett-1880.htm</ref> | Others have attributed the rupture in their previously close relationship to a letter Wagner wrote to a doctor (who later treated Nietzsche and revealed this to him) in which Wagner hypothesized that the cause of the various ailments that dogged Nietzsche throughout his life was [[fapstinence|chronic masturbation]]. The contents of this letter reportedly caused Nietzsche to erupt in a rage against Wagner.<ref>http://www.thenietzschechannel.com/correspondence/eng/nlett-1880.htm</ref> | ||
Cosima's private diaries reveal her initial polite fascination and later contempt concerning Nietzsche and do not provide any evidence of his romantic interest in her being reciprocated by her to any serious degree.<ref>http://www.thenietzschechannel.com/bio/cosima.htm</ref> | Cosima's private diaries reveal her initial polite fascination and later contempt concerning Nietzsche and do not provide any evidence of his romantic interest in her being reciprocated by her to any serious degree.<ref>http://www.thenietzschechannel.com/bio/cosima.htm</ref> | ||