The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music - Friedrich Nietzsche Nieuw-Zeelandse literatuur intelligent and moving

intelligent and moving

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The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music - Friedrich Nietzsche Nieuw-Zeelandse literatuur intelligent and movingNietzsche's first published book, The Birth of Tragedy is a compelling argument for the necessity of art in lifeThis landmark work of criticism is fuelled by Nietzsche's enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner, to whom the book was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between two central forces in art: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to