is youth by listening to Wagner, particularly Tristan. Wagner was a demanding patron of the younger man, and Nietzsche recognized the greatness of the man even after their break. There were many reasons, however, why Nietzsche might have resented some of the attitudes of the other man, as Kaufmann (1960) notes: "Nietzsche did not come fully into his own until he broke with the beloved tyrant who made him change the ending of his first book and then again of the third meditation, the man who frowned on the second meditation because it had no special reference to himself and who demanded frequent visits and exertions for his own cause, though they interfered with the work and ideas of the younger man" (p. 41).
Kaufmann sees the break with Wagner as part of Nietzsche's long war for independence, and indeed as only the first battle in that war. Kaufmann also rightly notes, though, that Wagner cannot be seen merely as an individual but must also be considered in terms of his ideas. Instead of a sudden break, this division developed
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