Why was Nietzsche so obsessed with Wagner?

Nietzsche became enamored of Wagner in his college days, and was very excited to meet with man who would become a legend. Eventually, Nietzsche and Wagner became friends, and Nietzsche attended quite a few of the festivals at Bayreuth. read more

I don’t think so. The common consensus of why Nietzsche would possibly love Cosima Wagner was because he referred to her as Princess Ariadne in one his letters about the time of his mental collapse. I don’t think he referred to her as a Greek goddess out of infatuation, but because he was making a metaphor to the myth of Theseus. read more

Nietzsche want's humanity to overcome it's nihilism, especially in the face of shedding our religious beliefs; the nihilists in our society fight back against Nietzsche by corrupting his beliefs and claiming "he" is a nihilist, not them. read more