This article explores the different interpretations given to Nietzsche’s madness. Certain critics consider it as a sign of defeat : the proof of Nietzsche’s inability to realise the model of the superman, and complete his project of entirely re-evaluating the value-system ; others see in it the supreme and ironic victory of a Nietzsche choosing the strangest and most impenetrable of masks at the instant he abandons philosophy.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée