Goldman had first read selections from Nietzsche in Reitzel’s Arme Teufel, and although she was very intrigued, it was not until studying in Vienna in 1895 that she had a chance to systematically read his works. She reveled in her discovery of the “magic of [Nietzsche’s] language, the beauty of his vision, [which] carried me to undreamed-of heights.” She wanted to share with Brady her “raptures over Nietzsche.” But Brady mocked her fascination with “the great poet-philosopher,” unwilling to concede that his aristocratic radicalism might have anything to offer philosophical anarchism. They
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