Attempt at a Self-Criticism

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autobiographical text philosophical preface

Attempt at a Self-Criticism is Friedrich Nietzsche’s later reflective preface to his early work The Birth of Tragedy, in which he critically reassesses and distances himself from aspects of that book.

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Label	Occurrences
Attempt at a Self-Criticism canonical	2
Versuch einer Selbstkritik	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical text ⓘ philosophical preface ⓘ
associatedWith	Nietzsche’s late period ⓘ
author	Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	German Empire ⓘ
critiques	Schopenhauerian pessimism ⓘ The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ metaphysical aesthetics ⓘ romanticism in Nietzsche’s early work ⓘ
distancesFrom	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ The Birth of Tragedy’s original theses ⓘ
genre	literary criticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ self-criticism ⓘ
hasForm	preface ⓘ
includedIn	later editions of The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ
influencedBy	Nietzsche’s break with Wagner ⓘ Nietzsche’s later writings of the 1880s ⓘ The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ
languageStyle	polemical ⓘ retrospective ⓘ self-ironic ⓘ
mainSubject	Nietzsche’s early philosophy ⓘ Schopenhauer’s influence ⓘ The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ Wagner’s influence ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ art and tragedy ⓘ self-critique ⓘ
notableFor	Nietzsche’s harsh judgment of his first book ⓘ reframing The Birth of Tragedy for later readers ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Attempt at a Self-Criticism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Versuch einer Selbstkritik
partOf	The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective	more mature Nietzschean philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	continental philosophy ⓘ
positionInWork	preface to The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ
publicationDate	1886 ⓘ
publicationType	later preface ⓘ
reflectsOn	Nietzsche’s earlier Wagnerianism ⓘ Nietzsche’s youthful metaphysics ⓘ The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ
theme	critique of metaphysics ⓘ development of Nietzsche’s thought ⓘ intellectual honesty ⓘ revaluation of earlier values ⓘ self-overcoming ⓘ
title	Attempt at a Self-Criticism self-link ⓘ
writtenAfter	The Birth of Tragedy ⓘ

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The Birth of Tragedy → hasPart → Attempt at a Self-Criticism ⓘ

Attempt at a Self-Criticism → title → Attempt at a Self-Criticism self-link ⓘ

Attempt at a Self-Criticism → originalTitle → Attempt at a Self-Criticism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Versuch einer Selbstkritik