The Birth of Tragedy, EPUB eBook

The Birth of Tragedy EPUB

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The Birth of Tragedy Friedrich Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time.

For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is 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 undertakes a critique of the complacentrationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner.

In its wide-ranging discussion of the nature of art, science and religion, Nietzsche's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which

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  • Publisher:Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
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  • ISBN:9783985947003

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  • Format:EPUB
  • Publisher:Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
  • Publication Date:
  • ISBN:9783985947003