Friedrich Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy was Nietzsche's first published work, one of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century.

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's essay is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated.

Nietzsche argues that Greek tragedy arose out of the fusion of what he termed Apollonian and Dionysian elements--the former representing mea...