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* [[Apostle Paul]]: Once the greatest persecutor of the fledgling Christianity, the zealous Pharisee found himself confronted with the living Lord, who blinded him of his sight. Upon reaching Ananias in Damascus, Paul's sight was restored, he got baptized, and began preaching in the Jewish synagogues a risen Lord. ({{Bible ref|book=Acts|chap=9|verses=1-22|version=KJV}})
* [[Apostle Paul]]: Once the greatest persecutor of the fledgling Christianity, the zealous Pharisee found himself confronted with the living Lord, who blinded him of his sight. Upon reaching Ananias in Damascus, Paul's sight was restored, he got baptized, and began preaching in the Jewish synagogues a risen Lord. ({{Bible ref|book=Acts|chap=9|verses=1-22|version=KJV}})
=== Nietzsche's Insanity ===
=== Nietzsche's Insanity ===
Currently, there is an ongoing debate on whether Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity was caused purely through disease or whether his atheistic/[[nihilism|nihilistic]] philosophical outlook on life was the cause.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17881977</ref><ref>http://www.ukapologetics.net/truthaboutnietzsche.html</ref><ref>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hutchison/070307</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087793?dopt=Abstract</ref><ref>http://www.leonardsax.com/Nietzsche.pdf</ref><ref name="hkbu">http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=x4qDrNKVC5gC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Ren%C3%A9+Girard+nietzsche+and+madness&source=bl&ots=DQFLJpqjJd&sig=mXNq_6J6_qTciP2vW-FHojwBn20&hl=en&ei=hv99Sp0Y2YG2B8Ogsf4B&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false</ref>
Currently, there is an ongoing debate on whether Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity was caused purely through disease or whether his atheistic/[[nihilism|nihilistic]] philosophical outlook on life was the cause.<ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17881977 The madness of Dionysus: a neurosurgical perspective on Friedrich Nietzsche.]
*[http://www.ukapologetics.net/truthaboutnietzsche.html Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900):The 'God is Dead' Man Died in a State of Complete Insanity - but Christianity Lives On!], UK Apologetics
*[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130704 Liberalism and the two roads to nihilism]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087793?dopt=Abstract Friedrich Nietzsche's mental illness--general paralysis of the insane vs. frontotemporal dementia.]
*[http://www.leonardsax.com/Nietzsche.pdf What was the cause of Nietzsche’s dementia?] by
Leonard Sax]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=x4qDrNKVC5gC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Ren%C3%A9+Girard+nietzsche+and+madness&source=bl&ots=DQFLJpqjJd&sig=mXNq_6J6_qTciP2vW-FHojwBn20&hl=en&ei=hv99Sp0Y2YG2B8Ogsf4B&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Essays on Literature, Mimesis and Anthropology] By René Girard]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nietzsche-was-cancer-not-syphilis.html 'Madness' of Nietzsche was cancer not syphilis], ''The Telegraph'', May 2003
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/24/books/the-will-to-madness.html The Will to Madness], ''New York Times'', 1999
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<ref name="hkbu">[http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19 NIETZSCHE'S MORAL BREAKTHROUGH], Hong Kong Baptist University essay</ref>
An article published on the Hong Kong Baptist University declares:
An article published on the Hong Kong Baptist University declares:
{{cquote|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.<ref name="hkbu">http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19</ref>}}
{{cquote|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.<ref name="hkbu">http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19</ref>}}