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Die Geburt der Tragodie

Die Geburt der Tragodie

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics

Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1108015425
ISBN13: 9781108015424
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 31 2010
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: German
Die Geburt der Tragödie (1872) is one of the most important philosophical texts of the modern period. Nietzsche describes how Greek tragedy was born out of the encounter between the Dionysian and the Apollonian and represents a culture in which a balance between the two was achieved. The Dionysian plunged Greek culture into chaos and despair but also paved the way for the regenerative power of Apollonian clarity and rationality. It is this model that Nietzsche employs to understand both the decline of modern culture and the possible rebirth of this culture. In genuine tragic art, the Dionysian and Apollonian elements are completely entwined. In the music of Richard Wagner, to whom the work is dedicated, Nietzsche sees a redemptive power that can overcome the intellectual dichtonomy between the Dionysian and the Apollonian that characterises modern society.

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