Did Friedrich Nietzsche Push Himself into Madness?

Dive into the enigmatic world of Friedrich Nietzsche with our latest video, "Nietzsche's Madness: Lessons on Sanity and Genius." This exploration isn't just about the philosopher's life and theories; it's a compelling guide to understanding the delicate balance between brilliance and madness. We delve into how Nietzsche’s intense intellectual pursuits and personal struggles offer profound insights into maintaining mental health and achieving greatness in the modern world.

🔹 What You'll Discover:

The complex interplay between Nietzsche's philosophical brilliance and his tragic mental collapse.
How Nietzsche's struggles with isolation, physical ailments, and lack of recognition influenced his profound philosophical insights.
The transformative power of balancing intellectual pursuits with self-care and grounding practices in contemporary life.
🔹 In This Video, Learn How to:

Embrace the balance between passion and self-care to prevent burnout and maintain mental well-being.
Cultivate humility and self-awareness to stay grounded amidst ambitious pursuits and societal pressures.
Nurture supportive relationships and acknowledge vulnerabilities as strengths in fostering resilience and personal growth.
Whether you’re deeply fascinated by Nietzsche’s philosophy or simply curious about how to navigate the complexities of the modern world with wisdom and sanity, this video offers crucial insights into harnessing intellectual passion without losing oneself in the process.

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Music:

Song: Piano Dreamcloud Meditation
Artist: NaturesEye
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Timecodes:

0:00 Introduction
2:25 Nietzsche’s Medical History
4:31 Nietzsche’s Life Struggles
5:17 The New God
6:11 Avoiding His Mistakes
10:35 Conclusion

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[stevepayne]

Practically from before Nietzsche even died there were those who said that he became hopelessly insane because of tertiary syphilis, which has been repeated as fact _endlessly_ ever since, because as many people know, when historians don't know how/why some historical figure died, just say it was syphilis and that seems to satisfy most.

However, Nietzsche was chronically ill throughout his short life, particularly with incredibly poor eyesight, horrific headaches and vomiting at regular intervals. He eventually died after a series of strokes. In the 1980s or 90s (I forget which) Dr Leonard Sax looked again at the evidence and concluded that the syphilis diagnosis was unlikely and that it was far more probable, on the basis of his symptoms, that he had a brain tumour - specifically a right-sided meningeal hemicranioma, if we're being technical.

This leads to two things. One: _could_ Nietzsche have had syphilis? It's _possible_, but it doesn't follow the typical course of the disease in almost any regard. Two, the type of brain tumour that Sax suspected fits the known facts far, far better.

Sax's paper is easily findable online, for those interested. I think it's vastly more persuasive than the syphilis diagnosis (or worse, that Nietzsche somehow drove himself insane as a result of his philosophy and that kind of nonsense).

Edited to add: It was 2003 and Sax's paper can be found here:

[QVPhilosophy]

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

[adam-byrne]

When Nietzsche died he was described as being a muscular man which means he was still physically active and probably still all there mentally in order to perform such tasks, maintain a diet and so on. He was very critical of Wilhelm the Second at the time, which has lead many to believe that it was the establishment at the time that kept he in the asylums.

[vincentzevecke]

This is absolutely excellent video about different between isolation.and solitude. Most people do not know different

[StockMalthiel]

Madness and suffering are not for normal ppl, normal ppl is ignorant and dies ignorant, and they are mad and suffer anyways but they do not know it or hide it. Geniuses likes to comunicate their madness and suffering but normal ppl do not understand why genius suffer like that. After all, geniuses and normal ppl are all in the same path, self recognition, for most ppl it will take more time than geniuses.

[theDiReWlf]

Idk. If I’m naked playing piano with hysterical fits of laughter after writing some of most iconic literature in history, I’m calling that a massive win.

[ihongoterabida]

Your base sound is superb. This alone have Distinguish you from the rest. Weldon 🎉❤

[antispindr]

Friedrich Nietzsche: A warning from history about the dangers of over-thinking, stress and mental break down.

[DaleDelaroche]

Really thoughtful content juxtaposed with quotes from the great man.

[Sub_IV]

Your videos always make me rethink about my life. You are doing great dude keep it up ^-^

[theodery]

You used, in this presentation, clips from a very fine movie called " When Nietzsche Wept", highly recommend to see for any Nietzsche fan.

[YourGamingChannelStudio]

Thank you for making this information video

[cptake]

Very good video everyone should watch this

[bobcabot]

ja he contracted Syphilis on purpose for philosophically reasoning - of causa he did...

[cupwithhandles]

Treponema pallidum is a hell of a bacterium

[nightmaregaming]

Does someone know where the clip at the very beginning is from?

[villevanttinen]

Is it kind of same thing, being genius and being crazy?

[ItsMikeLearns]

there's lots to learn from friedrich

[vincentzevecke]

He had neurosyphilis. This is characteristic of it

[miguelangelous]

My beloved St. Nietzsche, the only believable atheist of the 19th century; he objectified (sin of sins) his Übermensch… and it destroyed him, sadly 😪