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Jan 15, 2021

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The Woman Who Was a Muse to Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud

The first female psychoanalyst — Lou Andreas-Salomé

Left to right — Lou Andreas-Salomé, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud & Rainer Maria Rilke
Source — Wikipedia

In an era when women of geniuses were not given exposure to showcase their talent or intellect, Lou Andreas-Salomé was one such woman who broke conventional barriers and carved her own journey. She was the first female psychoanalyst in the world and a lady philosopher of the 19th…

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