"The Birth of Tragedy" subtitled as «Hellenism and Pessimism» is a work of dramatic theory which discusses the history of the tragic form and introduces an intellectual dichotomy between the Dionysian and the Apollonian. Nietzsche believed that in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound...
"Das Erdbeben der Epoche und seit Luther das größte deutsche Sprachgenie."Gottfried Benn über Friedrich NietzscheObwohl Friedrich Nietzsche kein einheitliches philosophisches System hinterlassen hat, ist sein Einfluss auf die Ideengeschichte nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen. Viele seiner zentralen Gedanken und Begriffe sind zu Leitideen der Moderne geworden und wurden von Legionen von Künstlern und Intellektuellen weiterentwickelt. Wer sich mit Nietzsches radikaler Interpretation von...
"Offers dazzling observations of human psychology, social interaction, esthetics and religion."—New York Times Book ReviewWith Human, All-Too-Human, Nietzsche challenges the metaphysical and psychological assumptions behind his previous works. The philosopher reviews his usual subjects—morality, religion, government, society—with his characteristic depth of perception, unflinching honesty, and iconoclastic wit. His manner of expression, however, takes a new...