The Birth of Tragedy
Friedrich Nietzsche · 1872
Index
- Preface to Richard Wagner
- 1. Apollo and Dionysus
- 2. The Hellenic Will
- 3. The Dionysian Greek
- 4. The Apollinian Dream
- 5. The Lyric Poet
- 6. Folk Song and Lyric
- 7. Greek Tragedy
- 8. The Chorus
- 9. Sophocles and Aeschylus
- 10. Euripides
- 11. Socrates
- 12. The Death of Tragedy
- Attempt at Self-Criticism (1886)
Quote
"Without music, life would be a mistake."
"Art is the highest task and the truly metaphysical activity of this life."