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 (DIR) Post #AUCmVQEf2X1N3WX0fw by magnus@mastodon.world
       2023-04-01T05:37:37Z
       
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       The Detroit heiress Clara Ward (1873-1916) married a Belgian prince, a Hungarian restaurant musician, an Italian train waiter and one station master in that order. She was written about by Proust, depicted by Toulouse-Lautrec, and the chef Escoffier named two dishes after her. A French newspaper wrote that she was the best example of Nietzsche’s Übermensch. Here, Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) shows her just before she acquires the title “princess” with her first marriage.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUCmVVMHzb5swd8flA by magnus@mastodon.world
       2023-04-01T05:47:07Z
       
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       Here is a link to the claim about Übermensch, "la surfemme"."Un seul type se rapproche effectivement de l'idéal tracé par Nietzsche — et ce type est une femme. C'est Clara Ward, l'ex-princesse de Chimay. Voici, enfin, une femme qui entend faire donner à la vie le maximum de force et de beauté qu'elle peut procurer, et qui traite avec un dédain parfait tous ces préjugés ancestraux qu'on appelle habitude, tradition, science. religion, altruisme et conscience morale."https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7545861q/f1.item.zoom