The Birth of Tragedy
out of the spirit of music
$25.74
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
26 May 1993
Summary
The Birth of Tragedy: Nietzsche’s Ode to Art
A compelling argument for the necessity of art in life, Nietzsche’s first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces- the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these state…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433395 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140433392 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner, Shaun Whiteside |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 May 1993 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was born near Leipzig in 1844. When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University. Works published in the 1880s include The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist. In January 1889, Nietzsche collapsed on a street in Turin and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works published after his death in 1900 include Will to Power, based on his notebooks, and Ecce Homo, his autobiography.
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