File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9803, message 6


From: "henry sholar" <H_SHOLAR-AT-marta.uncg.edu>
Date:          Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:54:13 EST
Subject:       Re: ehh?



>
>From what I've read, he kept on babbling, oscillating between periods of
>relative lucidity and utter gibberish, punctuated by increasingly lengthy
>periods of silence (catatonia?). Undoubtedly, even Nietzsche's utter
>gibberish would have been endlessly fascinating, but his sister (and mother)
>made sure we heard nothing of it.
>
>Best,
>
>Steve


Steve, have you seen the pictures of Nietz post-1889?
(I think they were in a graduate philosophy journal
put out by the New School of Social Research
back in the seventies.)  Some are of him playing the piano,
with the "elizabethean" moustaches practically down to his chin...

There also are some reports of his life after 1889,
up until his death in '99 or '00(?).  These have
him seeming very child-like, and sometimes child-ish,
throwing tantrums and the like.  Some acquaintances
"wanted to believe" it was a ruse and that a certain
twinkle in Fred's eye hinted to them that he was
"playing it safe," to worn out or broken to go on.

One of the things that i find most tragic was that
immediately after his breakdown in Milano, he was
evaluated at a sanitorium by a Dr. Wille.  Would such an
encounter not push poor Fred over the brink?  Would me...
with or without worms (or even Wurms) in my brains...

and so it goes,
henry



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