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The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2) |
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by Friedrich Nietzsche |
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LibriVox[1] recording of The Birth of Tragedy; or, |
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Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2) by Friedrich |
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Nietzsche. (Translated by William Haussmann.) |
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Read in English by John Van Stan |
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This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a |
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scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, |
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specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, this work |
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theorizes about why (Greek) spectators enjoy watching |
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actors in a long series of scenes that depict human |
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suffering (i.e., tragedy). It is a curious question, |
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especially at the time since scholars generally thought |
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of the Greeks as "A race of men, well-fashioned, |
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beautiful, envied, life-inspiring, like no other race |
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hitherto" (per Nietzsche's introduction). What did they |
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need tragedy for? The question itself, and the path |
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Nietzsche takes to answer this question, outraged the |
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academic world. Later, an older Nietzsche criticizes this |
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book himself and warns the reader that this text "should |
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be treated with some consideration and reserve; yet I |
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shall not altogether conceal how disagreeable it now |
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appears to me, how after sixteen years it stands a total |
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stranger before me." - Summary by jvanstan |
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Date Published: 2021-02-18 22:57:54 |
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Identifier: birthoftragedy_2102_librivox |
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Item Size: 1399590277 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: audio |
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