The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher:
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13:
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Nietzsche and “The Birth of Tragedy”
Author: Paul Raimond Daniels
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-19
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1317548094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNietzsche's philosophy - at once revolutionary, erudite and deep - reaches into all spheres of the arts. Well into a second century of influence, the profundity of his ideas and the complexity of his writings still determine Nietzsche's power to engage his readers. His first book, "The Birth of Tragedy", presents us with a lively inquiry into the existential meaning of Greek tragedy. We are confronted with the idea that the awful truth of our existence can be revealed through tragic art, whereby our relationship to the world transfigures from pessimistic despair into sublime elation and affirmation. It is a landmark text in his oeuvre and remains an important book both for newcomers to Nietzsche and those wishing to enrich their appreciation of his mature writings. "Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy" provides a clear account of the text and explores the philosophical, literary and historical influences bearing upon it. Each chapter examines part of the text, explaining the ideas presented and assessing relevant scholarly points of interpretation. The book will be an invaluable guide to readers in Philosophy, Literary Studies and Classics coming to "The Birth of Tragedy" for the first time.
The Birth of Tragedy
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2008-06-12
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0191015946
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.' The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche undertakes a critique of the complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. In its wide-ranging discussion of the nature of art, science and religion, Nietzsche's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still of concern today. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNietzsche on Tragedy
Author: M. S. Silk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-09
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 1107144760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872).
Crossings
Author: John Sallis
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991-04-09
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0226734374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoldly contesting recent scholarship, Sallis argues that The Birth of Tragedy is a rethinking of art at the limit of metaphysics. His close reading focuses on the complexity of the Apollinian/Dionysian dyad and on the crossing of these basic art impulses in tragedy. "Sallis effectively calls into question some commonly accepted and simplistic ideas about Nietzsche's early thinking and its debt to Schopenhauer, and proposes alternatives that are worth considering."—Richard Schacht, Times Literary Supplement
The Birth of Tragedy
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher: The Floating Press
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1776673174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic work of creative criticism from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argues that ancient Greek drama represents the highest form of art ever produced. In the first section of the book, Nietzsche presents an in-depth analysis of Athenian tragedy and its many merits. In the second section, Nietzsche contrasts the refinement of classical tragedy with what he regards as the cultural wasteland of the nineteenth-century.
The Invention of Dionysus
Author: James I. Porter
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780804737005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche's first book, does not mark a rupture with his prior philosophical undertakings but is, in fact, continuous with them and with his later writings as well. It shows that many of the book's elements are reminiscent of Nietzsche's earlier revisions of philology and anticipate the later writings.
The Passion of Infinity
Author: Daniel Greenspan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2008-11-03
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 3110211173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Passion of Infinity generates a historical narrative surrounding the concept of the irrational as a threat which rational culture has made a series of attempts to understand and relieve. It begins with a reading of Sophocles' Oedipus as the paradigmatic figure of a reason that, having transgressed its mortal limit, becomes catastrophically reversed. It then moves through Aristotle's ethics, psychology and theory of tragedy, which redefine reason's collapses in moral-psychological rather than religious terms. By changing the way in which the irrational is conceived, and the nature of its relation to reason, Aristotle eliminates the concept of an irrationality which reason cannot in principle dissolve. The book culminates in an extensive reading of Kierkegaard's pseudonyms, who, in a critical retrieval of both Greek tragedy and Aristotle, prescribe their apparently pathological age a paradoxical task: develop a finite form of subjectivity willing to undergo an unthinkable thought ‐ allow the transcendence of a god to enter into the mind as well as the marrow, to make a tragic appearance in which a limit to the immanence of human reason can again be established.
The Birth of Tragedy
Author: David Lenson
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a critical reading of the text, discussion of the works influence, historical context, and critical reception, and a chronology, bibliography, and index.
