tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610446610888912275.post8457109726060525111..comments2024-03-20T14:04:18.741-07:00Comments on My Continuing Education: Some Thoughts on NietzscheGarethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03030408024299617701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610446610888912275.post-14921902653440187352013-04-02T08:00:27.552-07:002013-04-02T08:00:27.552-07:00I'm curious where you got the information that...I'm curious where you got the information that Nietzsche committed suicide, Guy. According to Wikipedia: "In 1898 and 1899 Nietzsche suffered at least two strokes, which partially paralysed him and left him unable to speak or walk. After contracting pneumonia in mid-August 1900 he had another stroke during the night of August 24–25, and died about noon on August 25." <br /><br />When I was writing about Nietzsche's "self-destructive behaviour," I wasn't implying suicide but the possibility that he contracted syphilis in a brothel and the tendency to antagonize almost everyone. The results were predictable. For example, when he tried to get a teaching position in the University of Leipzig, "It was made clear to him that, in view of the attitude towards Christianity and the concept of God expressed in Zarathustra, he had become in effect unemployable at any German University."Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030408024299617701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610446610888912275.post-55541063063708511462013-03-28T21:38:39.530-07:002013-03-28T21:38:39.530-07:00Interesting. I've tried reading Nietzche a few...Interesting. I've tried reading Nietzche a few times, but have yet to find his writing engaging. My introduction to Nietzche occurred through Jung's examination of his thinking, and the possible roots for his suicide being in having elevated man out of mucky Life into pure mind/ego. Jung's observation is that such an attitude is not sustainable.Guy Duperreaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300018595841442280noreply@blogger.com