Friedrich Nietzsche: the wandering and learned neuropath under Dionisius

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Marleide Da Mota Gomes¹ 

关键词: Friedrich Nietzsche;    Lissauer’s general paresis;    CADASIL;    creativity;    cognitive reserve;    embodied cognition;    Friedrich Nietzsche;    paralisia geral de Lissauer;    CADASIL;    criatividade;    reserva cognitiva;    cognição incorporada;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20150125

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a remarkable philologist-philosopher while remaining in a condition of ill-health. Issues about his wandering/disruptive behavior that might be a consequence and/or protection against his cognitive decline and multifaceted disease are presented. The life complex that raises speculations about its etiology is constituted by: insight, creativity and wandering behavior besides several symptoms and signs of disease(s), mainly neurological one. The most important issue to be considered at the moment is not the disease diagnosis (Lissauer’s general paresis or CADASIL, e.g.), but the probable Nietzsche’s great cognitive reserve linked to the multifactorial etiology (genetic and environmental), and shared characteristics both to creativity and psychopathology. This makes any disease seems especial regarding Nietzsche, and whichever the diagnostic hypothesis has to consider the Nietzsche’s unique background to express any disease(s).

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