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The Birth of Tragedy

Friedrich Nietzsche

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A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music and tragic drama, which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life, but also provide a consolation for it. Impassioned and exhilarating in its conviction, The Birth of Tragedy has become a key text in European culture and in literary criticism.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 121 pages

Publication:: 2003

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: New Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140433392

ISBN13:: 9780140433395

kindle Asin:: B07YBLC9TZ

The Birth of Tragedy

Friedrich Nietzsche

3.98/5 (15322 ratings)

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A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music and tragic drama, which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life, but also provide a consolation for it. Impassioned and exhilarating in its conviction, The Birth of Tragedy has become a key text in European culture and in literary criticism.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 121 pages

Publication:: 2003

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: New Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140433392

ISBN13:: 9780140433395

kindle Asin:: B07YBLC9TZ

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