5. Nietzsche Hugged A Horse And Collapsed
Many consider this to be the moment things started going downhill for Nietzsche.
In 1889, upon seeing a horse being whipped by a cabman he ran up to the animal and threw his arms around its neck, crying uncontrollably and eventually collapsing in front of everyone in the street.
4. Sartre Hid From A Nobel Prize
Jean Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a big time political philosopher in the 60s and 70s — so big time that he was award the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964.
Only thing is… he didn’t want it.
He said he didn’t want to be associated with the Nobel committee, but ignored the press’ attempts to get more info out of him. He hid in his sister-in-law’s house until they left him alone.
3. Philosophy School
Greek philosopher Alexinus started up his own philosophy school, moving from Elis to Olympia to do so.
When asked why he didn’t just open one in his own hometown he said he wanted the school to be called ‘The Olympian’ and that simply wouldn’t make sense if it was based in Elis.
The school was a complete flop anyway, with students describing it as ‘dirty’ and ‘unprepared’.
