The Birth of Tragedy

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The Birth of Tragedy is Friedrich Nietzsche’s early philosophical work that explores the origins of Greek tragedy and contrasts Apollonian and Dionysian artistic impulses.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
philosophical work
author Friedrich Nietzsche
countryOfOrigin Germany
criticizedBy Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
dedicatedTo Richard Wagner
genre aesthetics
philosophy
hasPart Attempt at a Self-Criticism
influenced classical philology
existentialism
literary theory
modern aesthetics
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer
Richard Wagner
ancient Greek tragedy
keyConcept Apollonian principle
Dionysian principle
aesthetic justification of existence
myth
pessimism
the role of music in tragedy
tragic wisdom
laterEditionTitle Die Geburt der Tragödie, oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus
laterPrefaceAddedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
laterPrefaceYear 1886
mainTheme critique of Socratism
decline of tragedy in Euripides
origin of Greek tragedy
relationship between art and life
tension between Apollonian and Dionysian art
movement 19th-century philosophy
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik
philosophicalTradition Continental philosophy
publicationYear 1872
publisher E. W. Fritzsch
structure 25 sections
preface
subject Apollonian and Dionysian
Greek tragedy
aesthetics
ancient Greek culture
music
philosophy of art
tragedy

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Ecce Homo
discussesWork
The Birth of Tragedy ("Die Geburt der Tragödie, oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus")
laterEditionTitle
Friedrich Nietzsche
notableWork
The Birth of Tragedy ("Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik")
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