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