Friedrich Nietzsche: "When Nietzsche went mad in 1889, he sent short, nonsensical letters to his friends; he (supposedly) ran up to a horse being beaten and wrapped his arms around its neck; he collapsed in the street. His friends safely installed him in a mental health clinic in Jena for a year, where doctors and at least one pushy art historian attempted to cure him. At the time, his condition was diagnosed as tertiary syphilis, but more recent studies have suggested bipolar disorder, various kinds of dementia, or CADASIL syndrome. But of course, the sudden, undiagnosable madness of a genius is the most romantic." More "Famous Authors Who Did Stints in Mental Institutions"
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:49:16 +0000
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