How come there is so much despair and grief in great thinkers?

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>>3094127
People who aren't sad sacks have better things to do with their lives than write autistic cucktinental """philosophy""".

Heraclitus was just a cry baby.

>>3094127
Over-thinking life and its meaning i variably leads to sadness. Asking questions you can't possibly answer will never be rewarded. Clawing at that thing in the back of your head that says you don't matter and shouldn't bother living would drive anyone insane. Find your meaning in the day to day.

One man can't give humanity it's purpose, humanity will find its own purpose whether it means to or not. All 8 billion, and all the billions and trillions to come will arrive at some sort of destination. You're just an ant in the colony

>cherrypicking 3 philosophers proves anything

Meanwhile there have probably been dozens of philosophers who aren't mentally ill or depressed at all.

>>3094138
Heraclitus realized what ego death was, you are still a sleeping baby

>>3094855
In a group of "dozens" it would be unusual to find 3 people this fucked up. Much less that the 3 people represent exemplary members rather than outlier.

Even their conditions are unusual: Nietzsche and Jung's madness are difficult to classify to the point where their nature is still up for debate.