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."
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