Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 20:04:55 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Nietzsche


Hi all

old goat asks:

> > Yes, it's true that there have been many reports of
> > him being very sensitive to others in his life, but
> > it seems he made up for it in his philosophical
> > musings.  There's that story that he went mad after
> > seeing a man beat a horse to death, but I'm sure the
> > syphillis didn't help.
> 
>         syphillis!  he had syphillis?  

If I remember correctly, he deliberately infected himself.
I'm sure there was a good philosophical reason for it.

y mean syphillis
> turns y into Nietzsche?  omigod!  o course that was in
> the days before they had a cure, wasnt it, Bri?  i mean,
> they didnt have a cure yet, did they?  Bri?  that dont
> happen anymore does it?  Bri?  uh--Bri?

No comment....

Iain