Why have almost all the great philosophers, killed themselves,& became luntacs..etc..?

Question

is it really becuase genius & insanity go hand & hand? Or that there is such a thin thread between them..or whatever..?

Answer 1

To be fair with them, I don't think most of them did so as the rational action but they might be too obsessive and went too far, especially when they're solitary and without friends or someone to talked to since there's mystery in everyone's life. I mean other great professionals or even ordinary people might do such unthinkable actions. Maybe it's the chemistry or what? It's not easy to find an answer, therefore, we need to keep the mind in the right track.

Answer 2

Did they? Oh dear. Yes well there is a fine line between genius & insanity. Thinking too much can be as dangerous as drinking too much. Since philosophers make it their business to think, it probably is a deadly profession. If ignorance is bliss, knowledge is despair. The closer you get to the "truth" (if there is such a thing!) the more painful it may be. Like Icarus flying too close to the sun, they plummet in flames...

Then again, I hear that dentists have the highest rate of suicide of any profession...I guess I can see why. Poking around in a stranger's gnarly teeth -- gross!

Answer 3

Yes, I do think there's something to be said for the inherent fusion of genius and insanity. It all comes down to the fact that people who are insane think. A LOT. And with that constant "thinking" often comes a wonderful ability to ponder and scrutinize things in your mind to the point of absolute understanding. Take the fictional TV character Adrian Monk. He has an anxiety disorder called OCD, and as a result of that he is also able to solve crimes in ways none of the other detectives can. Of course, Mr. Monk is just a make-believe character, but nonetheless he represents a significant number of people who have these strange abilities, both of the present and the past. And as Monk has said, "It's a gift and a curse." So true.

Answer 4

Get fascinated in philosophy. study the texts. circulate to college, specific - yet don't get too immersed in it. college philosophy departments on the instant are extra into sophology (examining the discourse of expertise) than philosophy (the affection of awareness). do no longer forget to stay the life of a individual - if it relatively is basically in books, it would not advise something. in basic terms grow to be a logician. undertaking later approximately transforming into a great one. First, you need to start by skill of being a mediocre logician. in case you shop at it, you will possibly grow to be a great one ultimately.

Answer 5

We can't have it all when it comes to intelligence. And where there is genius found in one area of thinking, there it lacks in another. Maybe pondering a subject that is beyond us can eventually lead to a negative way of thinking hard to pull back from.

Answer 6

I second Chris C. What philosopher killed himself or went mad? Socrates was given a death sentence by the Athenians for being a trouble maker. He encouraged the youth to think for themselves, very dangerous!

It's artists who go crazy and or kill themselves.

Answer 7

They have some much knowdledge they develop a second personality and usual the insane one wins and that is why you have your dead philosophers.

Answer 8

"There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him."

-Antonin Artaud, on Van Gogh

Answer 9

i think maybe because they were somewhat more in touch with themselves,their minds, hearts, etc... than the regular Joe-they were perceived as crazy, because they knew,inherently,things others didn't. Suicide? perhaps an overwhelming feeling of loneliness-?

Answer 10

If they have in fact, I'd say they get lost in the labyrinth

of their own minds, and can't get back to the beginning.