Can philosophy have an actual, quantifiable effect upon one's mental health? Take Nietzsche, for example: Did his philosophy drive him, at least in part, mad? Or was his madness completely unrelated? That is, nothing more than a likelihood as a consequence of his father's own madness, that sadly came to fruition.
Or can it even a physical impact on the brain, for example?
>>8289180
>Or can it even a physical impact on the brain, for example?
Yeah, if you're any kind of Marxist/SJW, then chances are a blunt object will make a very impact on your brain, and by mine own hand no less.
>>8289180
>Did his philosophy drive him, at least in part, mad? Or was his madness completely unrelated?
Probably the latter, though I do find it interesting how unexplored the relationship is between philosophy and mental health.
>>8289180
lIt'll have some physical impact on the brain because learning new things and plasticity and all that.
I think there's something to be said for thinking differently and seeing things in a new light and all that. But you can say that about almost any pursuit, like would we have Nash Equilibria if John Nash hadn't been fucking mental. In fact I'd say math has more than its fair share of nutters (one of the researchers in Cambridge I think it was on the Monster set ended up living in a basement trying to find the ultimate truth in bus timetables).
>>8289199
>2016
>Fascists think they'll have the last laugh
>>8289180
Not really, no. I hate this romanticized view of mental health as a catalyst for great works of literature, philosophy and art. Most often they hinder it.
>>8289180
Nietzche had syphillis. His philosophy had nothing to do with his madness.
>>8289230
The thing to remember is they're p much always only medical problems because they hinder.
>>8289246
>Nietzche had syphillis
Keep believing the memes, kid.
>>8289246
I'm more on the brain tumor train.
>>8289246
His madness was hereditary, that's all. His dad had it, he had. These sorts of things tend to run in the family. He lived his life in fear of succumbing to that same madness.
Whilst in Turin, it began to take hold in interesting ways. At his lodgings, he used to dance around his room naked and maniacally play the piano to all hours.
This was shortly before the horse incident.
>>8289266
Looking at letters and diary entries (like Cosima Wagner's) his eyesight went incredibly bad (mostly blind in one eye) in the mid 1880s. That can lead to visual hallucinations. Or the hallucinations and blindness can have the same cause.
>>8289180
Depends what you mean by philosopher.
If you're an analytic philosopher: Yes. Your repetitive, menial academic tasks, like publishing and making connections at conferences, discussing semantic truth tables, etc, will turn your brain into dull, uninspired mush. Cf Johnson 2014; Pecker 2012; Quine 1964.
If you're a continental philosopher: You're treating Geist as your ontotheological horizon. Turn back to objects, mayne. #OOO?
If you're a philosopher: Ask better questions.
>>8289296
If you're a philosopher, give better answers.
>>8289362
>philosophy
>answers
>>8289387
>philosophy
>>8289395
>smoking
>>8289415
>Caring about health
>>8289423
>not caring about existence
>>8289423
>ayy lmao lets get trash in our bodies because we free famalam xP
>>8289430
>he thinks he exists
>>8289430
>caring about existence
