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''See also'': [[Cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity]] and [[Atheism and health]]

''See also'': [[Cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's insanity]] and [[Atheism and health]]

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>

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 name="Nietzsche">Multiple references:

*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17881977 The madness of Dionysus: a neurosurgical perspective on Friedrich Nietzsche.]

*Owen, C. M., et al. (September 2007).  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17881977 "The madness of Dionysus: a neurosurgical perspective on Friedrich Nietzsche" [abstract&#93;]. ''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.

*[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

*Brace, Robin A. (2006).  [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.  Retrieved on July 24, 2014.

*[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130704 Liberalism and the two roads to nihilism]

*Hutchison, Fred (March 7, 2007).  [http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130704 "Liberalism and the two roads to nihilism: how liberalism can collapse into nihilism through materialism or false idealism"].  RenewAmerica.  Retrieved on July 24, 2014.

*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087793?dopt=Abstract Friedrich Nietzsche's mental illness--general paralysis of the insane vs. frontotemporal dementia.]

*Orth, M. and Trimble, M. R. (December 2006).  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087793?dopt=Abstract "Friedrich Nietzsche's mental illness—general paralysis of the insane vs. frontotemporal dementia" [abstract&#93;].  ''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.

*[http://www.leonardsax.com/Nietzsche.pdf What was the cause of Nietzsche’s dementia?] by

*Sax, Leonard (February 2003).  [http://www.leonardsax.com/Nietzsche.pdf "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). [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 "Chapter 4: Strategies of madness—Nietzsche, Wagner and Dostoevsky" [preview&#93;]. ''To Double Business Bound'' (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press), pp. 61-82+. Preview retrieved from GoogleBooks on July 25, 2014.

*[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]

*Palmquist, Stephen (1995).  [http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19 "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.</ref>

*[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

<ref name="hkbu">[http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19 NIETZSCHE'S MORAL BREAKTHROUGH], Hong Kong Baptist University essay</ref>

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