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I don’t know if someone appreciates these anecdotes, I went to the same school [0] as Nietzsche. In the school records there are two stories of him receiving pu

I don’t know if someone appreciates these anecdotes, I went to the same school [0] as Nietzsche. In the school records there are two stories of him receiving punishment. The first is pretty relatable for an adolescent in Germany, he was found drunk in a ditch after having a few beer. The second: He ate a sausage behind a pillar in the cloister. (At the time you were just allowed to eat in the dining hall during the appropriate times.) So every time someone uses Nietzsche in an argument, I imagine a pubescent guy saying the thing while mumbling a sausage behind a pillar. Of course in my imagination he has the Nietzsche beard as well. On a more earnest note, Nietzsche clearly was a great mind. Which was later eaten away by neurosyphilis. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pforta https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pforta

pmoriarty 6y ago
"in my imagination he has the Nietzsche beard as well." The Nietzsche beard? I don't know what image of Nietzsche you have, but he's well known for having a certain style of mustache, not a beard. "Nietzsche clearly was a great mind. Which was later eaten away by neurosyphilis" It's not clear that he had syphilis, and there are some arguments that he did not, like these: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nietzsche-was-cancer-not-syphilis.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nie... http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/jns/reviews/richard-schain.-the-legend-of-nietzsches-syphilis http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/jns/reviews/richard-schain.-the-l...
- leipert 6y ago
  Isn’t a Mustache a type of beard? Maybe that is different in English, but in German a mustache is also called "above lip beard" (Oberlippenbart) Thanks for the sources on the Syphilis, I like this Part from the second article: > The important question for Nietzsche scholars is whether this diagnostic controversy has any interpretative bearing. We know, for example, that Nietzsche suffered from insomnia but it's not clear how that information impacts how one interprets Nietzsche. Of course dementia of any kind is a far more serious condition and seems to bring with it textual implications. But what exactly are those implications? This is kind of similar to the discussion whether Art and Artist are connected or not.

pmoriarty 6y ago

"in my imagination he has the Nietzsche beard as well." The Nietzsche beard? I don't know what image of Nietzsche you have, but he's well known for having a certain style of mustache, not a beard. "Nietzsche clearly was a great mind. Which was later eaten away by neurosyphilis" It's not clear that he had syphilis, and there are some arguments that he did not, like these: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nietzsche-was-cancer-not-syphilis.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nie... http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/jns/reviews/richard-schain.-the-legend-of-nietzsches-syphilis http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/jns/reviews/richard-schain.-the-l...

leipert 6y ago
Isn’t a Mustache a type of beard? Maybe that is different in English, but in German a mustache is also called "above lip beard" (Oberlippenbart) Thanks for the sources on the Syphilis, I like this Part from the second article: > The important question for Nietzsche scholars is whether this diagnostic controversy has any interpretative bearing. We know, for example, that Nietzsche suffered from insomnia but it's not clear how that information impacts how one interprets Nietzsche. Of course dementia of any kind is a far more serious condition and seems to bring with it textual implications. But what exactly are those implications? This is kind of similar to the discussion whether Art and Artist are connected or not.