The Birth of Tragedy
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InThe Birth of TragedyNietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion,The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Douglas Smith
Friedrich Nietzsche - Language
- English
- Series
- Oxford World's Classics
- ISBN
- 9780192832924
- Release date
- 2000
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InThe Birth of TragedyNietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expres...