The Birth of Tragedy (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Friedrich Nietzsche

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486285154 ISBN 13: 9780486285153

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Philosopher's classic study declares that Greek tragedy achieved greatness through a fusion of elements of Apollonian restraint and control with Dionysian components of passion and the irrational. "A work of profound imaginative insight, which left the scholarship of a generation toiling in the rear." ― British classicist F. M. Cornford.

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From the Back Cover:

Among the most influential philosophers of modern times, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) declared in this classic study that Greek tragedy achieved greatness through a fusion of elements of Apollonian restraint and control with Dionysian components of passion and the irrational. In Nietzsche's eyes, however, Greek tragedy had been destroyed by the rationalism and optimism of thinkers like Socrates.
Nevertheless, he found in these ancient works the life-affirming concept that existence is still beautiful, however grim and depressing it may sometimes be. These and many other ideas are argued with passionate conviction in this challenging book, called by British classicist F. M. Cornford "a work of profound imaginative insight, which left the scholarship of a generation toiling in the rear."

About the Author:

Nietzsche has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0486285154
• ISBN 13: 9780486285153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96