When Nietzsche Wept

Irvin D. Yalom's When Nietzsche Wept — a novel of obsession, therapy, and philosophy set in 1882 Vienna, where Josef Breuer treats Friedrich Nietzsche's suicidal depression and they heal each other. Covers 5 use cases: ① Josef Breuer — the pioneering physician: his obsession with patient Bertha Pappenheim (Anna O.), his midlife crisis, and his transformation from healer to patient ("Josef Breuer" "When Nietzsche Wept Breuer" "Breuer and Anna O") ② Friedrich Nietzsche — the philosopher in crisis: his suicidal despair, his migraines, his isolation, and his reluctance to be treated ("Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept" "Nietzsche character" "Nietzsche depression") ③ Lou Salomé — the woman who brings them together: brilliant, independent, and unforgettable ("Lou Salomé" "Lou Salomé Nietzsche" "When Nietzsche Wept Lou") ④ The Therapeutic Relationship — the novel's core: Breuer and Nietzsche treat each other, reversing roles as doctor and patient ("therapy novel" "existential therapy" "Yalom therapy fiction") ⑤ Nietzsche's Philosophy — the ideas in the novel: eternal recurrence, the will to power, amor fati, becoming who you are ("eternal recurrence" "will to power" "amor fati" "Nietzsche philosophy novel") Trigger when users say: "When Nietzsche Wept" "Irvin Yalom" "Yalom" "Nietzsche" "Breuer" "Lou Salomé" "eternal recurrence" "will to power" "therapy" "existential" "psychotherapy" "amor fati" "Anna O" "Zarathustra" "becoming who you are" "Vienna 1882" Related skills: a-brief-history-of-intelligence (philosophy of mind), clear-thinking (cognitive clarity), 21-lessons-for-the-21st-century (existential questions), conscious-business (meaning and purpose), absolute-tao (existential wisdom).

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