The elevation of nature - Nietzsche's, Hesse's and Wagner's strengths - Jon Hällström, Friedrich Nietzsche
Does nature raise a person? This is what Friedrich Nietzsche believed, who in the weakest moment of his life found his promised land in the Alps and experienced a spiritual renaissance. He was not alone in his search - Hermann Hesse and Richard Wagner also reached south to the Alps and over them to Italy with their pilgrimages.
The greatest drama in the history of philosophy includes escapes and secret romances, hermit utopias and political extremism, the death of God and the incarnation of Dionysus.
What about the powerhouses of seekers a hundred years ago today, do Genius loci, the spirit of a place, still speak to serious hikers?
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