TWILIGHT OF THE IDOL

[Sherwood, Harrison]

>From: 	Brecher_Keith/mskcc_Neurology at mskmail.mskcc.org

>        Consequently, I would like to know exactly what Doug Millison has 
>     found so incredibly deep in M&D. One of Nietzsche's epigrams from the 
>     appositely titled TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS fits M&D very nicely:
>     
>     "Women are considered profound. Why? Because one never fathoms their 
>     depths. Women aren't even shallow."

"The politically correct opinion is that Nietzsche's ruthless atheism
and brutal intellectual battles with nihilism had absolutely nothing to
do with his breakdown and everything to do with a case of syphilis. A.J.
Hoover's _Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought_ (Praeger, 1994)
dares to challenge this on historical and philosophical grounds by
arguing that it is not beyond question that Nietzsche suffered from
syphilis. The insanity that results from the disease rarely lasts eleven
years, and "Nietzsche's sex life was cool to nonexistent" (although
Hoover mentions the theory that Nietzsche was infected during the
Franco-Prussian War while attending to wounded soldiers)."

(From MARS HILL FORUM, AUGUST 1996, Questions & Answers on Apologetics:
What are some pitfalls inherent in the postmodern outlook? Answered by
DOUG GROOTHUIS)
>
>     P.S. Who the hell is Harrison Sherwood and why do I care?

If you find out, let me know, OK? I'd been wondering about that myself.

Harrison