Fordham University Masthead Logo DigitalResearch@Fordham Hermeneutic and Phenomenological Philosophies Research Resources of Science 4-2011 Nietzsche and Lou, Eros and Art : On Lou’s Triangles and the « Exquisite Dream » of Sacro Monte Babette Babich Fordham University,
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[email protected]. Nietzsche and Lou, Eros and Art: On Lou‘s Triangles, Nietzsche‘s Weather, and the « Exquisite Dream » of Sacro Monte Babette BABICH … Alma, tell us! All modern women are jealous. /Which of your magical wands Got you Gustav and Walter and Franz? … Alma, tell us! How can they help being jealous? /Ducks always envy the swans Who get Gustav and Walter, /You never did falter, With Gustav and Walter and Franz. — Tom Lehrer ―… the satisfaction of a vulgar curiosity‖ Love has been part of the substance of philosophy from the start, beginning with the pre-platonic philosophers Heraclitus and Empedocles.