Nietzsche-student
Allison
joined Burschenschaft Frankonia or what is called a fraternity here
in the U.S. Burchenshaft Frankonia was a stem off of the origional
Burschenshaft which was created in 1815 and was inspired by liberal
and patriotic ideas. They were student associations that engaged in
numerous social functions. However, their most important goal was to
foster loyalty to the concept of a united German national state as
well as strong engagement for freedom, rights, and democracy. Quite
often they decided to stress the nationalist or the liberal ideas,
leading by time to the exclusion of Jews, being considered to be un-
German.
After one semester of college he lost his faith and stopped his
Theological studies. He was engulfed during this time, in the reading
of David Straus's Life Of Jesus-which described the miraculous
elements and stories of the gospels as being "mythical" in character.
Moving from miracle to miracle, he understood all as the product of
the early church's use of Jewish ideas about what the Messiah would be
like, in order to express the conviction that Jesus was indeed the
Messiah. Nietzsche argued that historical research had discredited
the central teachings of Christianity. He began to write criticisms of
Straus's work.
The works of Arthur Schopenhauer-a German philosopher known for his
atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity who's analysis of will
led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires
can never be fulfiled and who favored a lifestyle of negating human
desires & Friedrich Albert Lange- who said "to think clearly about
materialism is to refute it", influenced him greatly.
Lange's anti-materialistic philosophy, the rise of European
Materialism, Europe's increased concern with science, Darwin's theory,
and the general rebellion against tradition and authority greatly
intrigued Nietzsche
Allison
breakdown and death? I think I about covered his youth.
Dominique Fennell
actually happened remains unknown. There is a tale that states
Nietzsche witnesses a horse being whipped and he tries to protect the
horse by putting his arms around the horses neck, he then collapsed to
the ground. In the following days he sent out what was called "Mad
Letters" to a couple of his friends he wrote " last year I was
crucified by the German doctors in a very drown own manner". He also
commanded the emperor of Germany to go to Rome and be shot. He
summoned the European powers to take military action against Germany.
After his friends read the letters, Nietzsche was brought to Basel and
was put in a psychiatric clinic. He appeared to be in a full state of
a mental illness. Between November 1889 and February 1890 an art
historian by the name of julius Langbehn attempted to cure Nietzsche,
Langbehn claimed that the methods of the medical doctors were
ineffective in treating Nietzsche's condition. Langbehn assumed
progressively greater control of Nietzsche until his secrecy
discredited him. Nietzsche mental illness was originally diagnosed as
tertiary syphilis. The diagnosis of syphilis was challenged, and manic
depressive illness with periodic psychosis followed by vascular
dementia was put forward. In 1898 and 1899 Nietzsche suffered 2
strokes, which partially paralyzed 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/ August 25, and died about noon
on August 25.
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myrna garsuta
hey Allison, Is that ok if you can print my part that i sent for the group coz i forgot to print it.
Thanks, appreciate it.
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Allison Toner
From: myrna garsuta <myrna_...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 3:09:25 PM
Subject: Re: Nietzsche