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The Birth of Tragedy

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Introduction
33:17
Preface
29:15
Chapter 1
17:15
Chapter 2
9:56
Chapter 3
9:43
Chapter 4
10:53
Chapter 5
15:11
Chapter 6
9:30
Chapter 7
11:19
Chapter 8
18:39
Chapter 9
18:06
Chapter 10
8:29
Chapter 11
14:48
Chapter 12
16:00
Chapter 13
10:14
Chapter 14
13:44
Chapter 15
14:27
Chapter 16
13:24
Chapter 17
15:40
Chapter 18
10:23
Chapter 19
19:17
Chapter 20
7:20
Chapter 21
17:09
Chapter 22
11:50
Chapter 23
11:14
Chapter 24
10:54
Chapter 25
4:51

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In his brilliant, controversial first book, the young Nietzsche argues that Greek tragedy arose from the tension between two forces: the ordered, rational 'Apollonian' and the ecstatic, chaotic 'Dionysian.' He mounts a passionate defense of art, myth, and music as answers to the terror and absurdity of existence, and champions Wagner as the reviver of the tragic spirit. Bold, poetic, and unlike conventional scholarship, the book announced a radically original thinker and introduced ideas that would echo through modern philosophy, art, and psychology. Provocative and exhilarating, The Birth of Tragedy is a foundational text on the meaning of art and the deep roots of human creativity.