PHIL 2170 Study Guide - Final Guide: Euripides, Sophocles, Jewish Existentialism

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Nietzsche wanted to be a minister like his dad, but he lost his faith and dropped out. He has bragging rights as he was the youngest dude to hold the chair of classical philosophy at the university of basel- he was. He suffered a public mental breakdown, when he saw the beating of a horse. His sister manipulated his unpublished work and was an anti- Art is life, we can appreciate beauty, even though we suffer. Nietzsche attempts 3 issues in the birth of tragedy-: a political/ cultural problem out the heart of german. Culture: the metaphysical experience of music that it conveys experiences of elemental power and ecstasy, an exploration of a very localized and distinct period of the history of art- the birth of tragedy and its ultimate death. The text is detailed to a composer, and nietzsche"s friend, The birth of tragedy examines the existential practice and.