Cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity
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Currently, there is an ongoing debate on whether atheism was a causal factor for Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity or whether it was caused purely through disease. See also: Atheism and mental illness
Currently, there is an ongoing debate regarding whether atheism was a causal factor for Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity or whether it was caused strictly by disease.[1]
An article published on the Hong Kong Baptist University website offers the following regarding the cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity:
“ | Trying to explain what caused his insanity can only be a matter of speculation. Some people believe it was the result of a physical illness. Others interpret his suffering as that of a true prophet, almost as if he were accepting the punishment on behalf of those who could not see mankind's tendency towards self-destruction so clearly. Still others regard his final fate as a natural outcome of his philosophical outlook.[2] | ” |
The Russian-born psychoanalyst and writer Lou Andreas-Salomé, who had a brief and tempestuous affair with Nietzsche, believed that Nietzsche's philosophy can be viewed as a reflection of his psychology and that his madness was the result of his philosophizing.[3] In addition, the French historian René Girard asserted that Nietzsche's philosophy led to his insanity.[4]
Speculation that Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity was caused by cancer
See also: Atheism and cancer
- 'Madness' of Nietzsche was cancer not syphilis, The Telegraph, May 2003
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Notes
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Owen, C. M., et al. (September 2007). "The madness of Dionysus: a neurosurgical perspective on Friedrich Nietzsche" [abstract]. Neurosurgery, vol. 61:3, pp. 626-32. Abstract retrieved from National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Pub Med on July 24, 2014.
- Brace, Robin A. (2006). "Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): the 'God is dead' man died in a state of complete insanity—but Christianity lives on!" UK Apologetics. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.
- Hutchison, Fred (March 7, 2007). "Liberalism and the two roads to nihilism: how liberalism can collapse into nihilism through materialism or false idealism". RenewAmerica. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.
- Orth, M. and Trimble, M. R. (December 2006). "Friedrich Nietzsche's mental illness—general paralysis of the insane vs. frontotemporal dementia" [abstract]. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 114:6, pp. 439-45. Abstract retrieved from National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Pub Med on July 24, 2014.
- Sax, Leonard (February 2003). "What was the cause of Nietzsche's dementia?" Journal of Medical Biography, vol. 11, pp. 47-54. Retrieved from www.leonardsax.com on July 24, 2014.
- Girard, René (March 1, 1988). "Chapter 4: Strategies of madness—Nietzsche, Wagner and Dostoevsky" [preview]. To Double Business Bound (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press), pp. 61-82+. Preview retrieved from GoogleBooks on July 25, 2014.
- 'Madness' of Nietzsche was cancer not syphilis, The Telegraph, May 2003
- The Will to Madness, New York Times, 1999
- Palmquist, Stephen (1995). "Chapter 19: Nietzsche's moral breakthrough". The Tree of Philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press). Retrieved from Hong Kong Baptist University website on July 25, 2014.
- ↑ Palmquist, Stephen (1995). "Chapter 19: Nietzsche's moral breakthrough". The Tree of Philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press). Retrieved from Hong Kong Baptist University website on July 25, 2014.
- ↑ Nietzsche by Lou Salome
- ↑ Essays on Literature, Mimesis and Anthropology By René Girard