which philosophers suffered nervous breakdown?

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candystrippa

i feel quite inhuman then... but this depression is kind of enjoyable too.. does anybody know what i mean??

Well, actually, I got quite depressed about it when I was about fourteen, but teenagers are supposed to get existential angst anyway. Just not necessarily from thinking about solipsism.

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Calvin

Reema

I always knew my RS Phil teacher knew less than she let on :wink:

. Thanks Zara! Besides - evidence that I don't really know that much for candystrippa :smile:

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Calvin - Kung Fu Philosopher I am not. The person who asks a bazillion questions? Certainly not me, although I'm quite enthusiastic, but generally quiet. My poor books usually bear the brunt of my enthusiasm...I'm glad to see that lectures and discussion groups are good, but then I'd expect that of Cam :smile:

Thank God, you're not weird then.

Reema

What about logic classes? I was reading p28 of the Hodges Logic book, and I got completely lost. Everything was fine up until that point...and then I just didn't understand :frown:

That's why you go to uni, so people can teach it to you. There is nothing in the world I find more painful than teaching myself formal logic. Logic classes and lectures on the other hand are painful because they make my head hurt with translations, not because I can't understand the material. That's much more enjoyable. Teachers are a good thing. :askpig:

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david_brent

Actually, received wisdom is that Hume did suffer a nervous breakdown, which incapacitated him for several years (well, what can you say, the guy started university at the age of 12!).