Fans young and old, male and female, pious and agnostic, from the Left and from the Right, immigrant and native born, sent letters expressing their admiration for Nietzsche. Like Hintz, they requested a picture or an autograph, or simply testified in haunting and exquisite detail how reading his philosophy transformed their views of themselves and their world. They showed how Nietzsche helped them critique the religion of their youth, the intellectual poverty of their democratic culture, and the materialism of their consumer society. They documented the media through which they had access to
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