Die Geburt der Tragödie: Versuch einer Selbstkritik by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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"Die Geburt der Tragödie: Versuch einer Selbstkritik" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a philosophical work published in 1872. Nietzsche challenges the classical view of ancient Greeks as purely cheerful, revealing instead a tragic worldview. He introduces his theory of two opposing artistic forces embodied by the gods Apollo and Dionysus—the harmonious versus the ecstatic. Through analyzing Greek tragedy's birth and decline, the young philology professor presents bold cultural and aesthetic ideas that
distanced him from traditional scholarship and influenced twentieth-century thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title | Die Geburt der Tragödie: Versuch einer Selbstkritik |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Tragedy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Geburt_der_Trag%C3%B6die_aus_dem_Geiste_der_Musik |
| Credits | This text has been derived from HTML files at "Projekt Gutenberg DE" |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 42.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| Subject | Aesthetics |
| Subject | Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics |
| Subject | Tragedy |
| Subject | Philosophy, German |
| Subject | Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. |
| Subject | Mythology, Greek, in literature |
| Subject | Tragic, The |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7206 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-07206-7 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 30, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1471 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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