A profound influence on modern thought, a towering philosophical thinker, and yet, a very sad man living a very sad life.
Suffered Chronic illness from his 30's onwards, even resigning his professorship at Basel aged 35 due to the continued decline of health.
Barely any friends, and the man he respected and adored most, Richard Wagner, fell out and went separate ways.
The woman he proposed to declined, twice, exacerbating his spiral into loneliness
He therefore never married, with no romantic relationships beyond this woman who preferred to keep it platonic. He was 37, she was 21.
His works were basically ignored during his lifetime. He craved recognition for it, and never got it.
He had a mental breakdown over a dead horse in Italy
11 years of his life vanished to some kind of neurological condition; mute, paralysed, unaware of his surroundings. His mother and sister cared for him the whole time
Said sister took his work, manipulated it, and made it aline with more anti-semitic, fascist viewpoints.
It's no wonder his lament that God is Dead is one of his most lasting philosophical outlooks on life.
Is eternal legacy really worth it? Nietzsche is hardly the first and certainly not the last tortured soul to gain recognition after death. The curse of a busy mind, I suppose.
I guess that's all I had to say on the matter, just thought it was provocative to know
Find me a noteworthy person in history that isn't similar. There were very few.
Even modern times, most artists, creators, writers, musicians, etc. are, or once were brow beaten.
As unfair as it is, great things come from broken people. These unfortunate elements of Neitzsche are exactly what made him who we know.
Oh yes for sure. I can make a laundry list. But I also think this sometimes emphasises artists and creatives too much, because it somehow seems more acceptable or part of the brand.
There's an epidemic of depression in the majority of societies and vocations that get ignored, because of stigma that somehow doesn't exist among writers, thinkers, musicians, etc.
Weird how humans categorise people like that
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Nietzsche should be lauded as a Goth hero.
Him and Poe would have been on posters in my teenage bedroom, if I was allowed posters.
Oh there's so many, you could fill your room walls top to bottom. Brahms, Kafka, van goghghachch... Most composers, seemingly. Even Newton went kinda mad in the end and don't I think he even touched a woman =/
That's Brahms! Brahms' Third racket!
Incredibly obscure reference, especially for a non brit...
Couldn't find a gif of the exact scene, didn't look very hard, either. Its Saturday, time to be lazy and not open a load bearing door.
Very precise and thoughtful writing 👏👏. But, in my opinion, Nietzsche didn't say God is dead because of his harsh and disturbed life. Primarily, he believed that God had become intellectually unsustainable and culturally valuelsss in modern age, creating nihilism. He searched for a new, life affirming foundation for human existence in a godless world. If the old values based on God were dead, humanity had to create their own values and find meaning within life and within themselves. To this concept, he called 'Ubermensch (Superman). '
The full quote is:
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us?... Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?"
He says we humans have killed the God.
In the end, it is just my perspective and approach towards Nietzsche. It's the beauty of literature, one word can have infinite interpretations.
Thanks for sharing and have a beautiful day 🤗
Well I didn't mean this was the core premise, but I think it takes a certain state of mind to reach these conclusions - and it was a sad conclusion for him, a lament, not a joyful matter.
Thanks for reading =D
Oh yes 👏, I misinterpreted it 🙁. Special thanks to you for sharing it here because this is the first time, I saw a fellow being sharing Nietzsche on this platform 😇.
Here's my view on these characters:
not the curse of a busy mind: the blessing of being highly sensitive; the curse of being unable to detach from the emotions that flood them constantly, because of it.
in German we have the word 'grübeln' = to get stuck in your own thoughts, or more modern maybe: 'to cook over something for too long'.
being highly sensitive, while being too attached to their feelings they are under so much stress, that some people go too deep into their thoughts to compensate.
this can lead to such great works, but at what cost and to what end, really?
It's no wonder that shit happened to him, maybe he should have studied Goethe's 'Faust' or the story of Babylon or something, or Greek tragedies.
It's like the oldest story, ever...
It's not worth your soul... if you believe in such things :D
Frustratingly, I can relate to this! Unfortunately I don't produce great works as a result haha.
Yeah, shame we humans often don't realise that until it's too late
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