Nietzsche's Descent

Friedrich Nietzsche's Death

The story often told is this: Nietzsche was causing a ruckus in the streets of Turin as he made his way to the Piazza Carlo Alberto. Upon arriving, he found a man whipping a horse. Nietzsche ran to the horse and threw his arms around it, to protect the animal. At that moment, he apparently collapsed under the weight of his own philosophical beliefs.

It’s a great story about a man that was so distraught by his own philosophical beliefs that it eventually crushed hi...