The Examined Life
FOR OVER a century, philosophers and literary scholars have debated whether or not the apocalyptic, sometimes megalomaniacal qualities of the final books written by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche can be chalked up to the gradually unfolding delusions and personality disturbances of the author's paresis (tertiary syphilis). In the current issue of Daedalus, the journal of the Cambridge-based American Academy ... (Full article: 502 words)
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