Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Musi waJanuary 3, 1889, Nietzsche akapunzika mupfungwa. Mapurisa maviri akauya kwaari pashure pokunge aparira nyonganyonga mumigwagwa yeTurin. Chii chakaitika chinoramba chisingazivikanwi, asi nhau inodzokororwa kazhinji kubva nguva pfupi afa inoti Nietzsche akapupurira kurohwa kwebhiza kune rimwe divi rePiazza Carlo Alberto, akamhanya kune bhiza, akakandira maoko ake kumusoro kumutsipa waro kuti aridzivirire, uye akabva adonha pasi. Mumazuva mashomanana akatevera, Nietzsche akatumira zvinyorwa zviduku <unk>zvinozivikanwa seWahnzettel ("Madness Letters") <unk> kushamwari dzakawanda kusanganisira Cosima Wagner naJacob Burckhardt. Zvizhinji zvacho zvakanga zvakanyorwa kuti "Dionysos", kunyange zvazvo zvimwe zvakanga zvakanyorwawo kuti "der Gekreuzigte" zvichireva kuti "wakarovererwa". Kuaichimbova waaishanda naye Burckhardt, Nietzsche akanyora kuti: "Ndakaita kuti Kayafasi asungwe. Uyewo, gore rapera ndakarovererwa navanachiremba vechiGermany nenzira inonetsa zvikuru. Wilhelm, Bismarck, navavengi vose vavaJudha vakabviswa". Mukuwedzera, akarayira mambo weGermany kuti aende kuRoma kunopfurwa uye akadaidza masimba eEurope kuti atore matanho ehondo kurwisana neGermany, kuti papa aifanira kuiswa mujeri uye kuti iye, Nietzsche, akasika nyika uye akanga ari mubasa rekuita kuti vose vanopesana neSemite vapfurwe. Pana 6 January 1889, Burckhardt akaratidza tsamba yaakanga agamuchira kubva kuna Nietzsche kuna Overbeck. Zuva rakatevera racho, Overbeck akagamuchira tsamba yakafanana ndokusarudza kuti shamwari dzaNietzsche dzaifanira kumudzosa kuBasel. Overbeck akaenda kuTurin ndokuunza Nietzsche kukiriniki yepfungwa muBasel. Panguva iyoyo Nietzsche airatidzika kuva akanga ava kurwara nepfungwa zvakakomba, uye amai vake Franziska vakasarudza kumuendesa kukiriniki muJena pasi pokutungamirira kwaOtto Binswanger. Muna January 1889, vakaenderera mberi nokuburitswa kwakarongwa kweTwilight of the Idols, panguva iyoyo yakanga yatodhinda uye yakasungwa. Kubva muna November 1889 kusvika muna February 1890, munyori wenhau dzemifananidzo Julius Langbehn akaedza kurapa Nietzsche, achitaura kuti nzira dzavanachiremba dzakanga dzisingabatsiri mukurapa chirwere chaNietzsche....  Mubvunzo: Nietzsche akapenga rini?
Musi wa3 January 1889