Chronicle of Nietzsche 's Life 366mountain goat paths. If somebody had listened in on our conversations,
he would have thought that two devils were talking" (15,125; Chronik).
Animosity between Salomé and N.'s sister as well as between N. and his
sister. In Leipzig, N. competes with Rèe for Salomé. Beginning of their
estrangement N.'s sister schemes against Salomé. Ν. is at a complete
loss. He does not know what to think of Salomé. Winter in Santa
Margherita and Rapallo. Ν. feels desperate.
1883
N. writes part 1 of Thus Spoke Zarathustra as though in a trance, encour-
aged by a "whole series of absolutely clear days" (late January).
February 13: Death of Wagner. "Wagner's death affected me terribly"
(late February). N. temporarily breaks away from from his family. "I do
not like my mother, and hearing my sister's voice annoys me. I always fell
ill when I was with them" (March 24). Reconciliation with his sister in
Rome (May).
Writes part 2 of Zarathustra in Sils-Maria (July). Part 1 is published in late
August Disputes flare when N. visits his family in September. Spends
the winter in La Spezia, Genoa, and Nice. Works on part 3 of
Zarathustra.
Quite til: "I don't know what to do with myself anymore" (November).
To Overbeck: 'Whenever it occurs to me that I have no one with whom
I can discuss the future of man, I always get furious—by going without
the companionship of like-minded people for such a long time, I have
become very ill and wounded" (November).
1884
In Nice. Part 2 of Zarathustra is published (January). After some initial
doubts, N. becomes convinced that his Zarathustra is an epochal work.
After finishing part 3, he writes to Overbeck: 'It is possible that for the
first time the idea has come to me that will split mankind in two" (March