Birth of Tragedy- Nietzsche Summarized and Explained

The Birth of Tragedy is divided into twenty-five chapters and a forward. The first fifteen chapters deal with the nature of Greek Tragedy, which Nietzsche claims was born when the Apollonian worldview met the Dionysian. The last ten chapters use the Greek model to understand the state of modern culture, both its decline and its possible rebirth. The tone of the text is inspirational. Nietzsche often addresses the reader directly, saying at the end of chapter twenty, “Dare now to be tragic men, for ye shall be redeemed!“ These kinds of exclamations make it more difficult to take his text seriously. However, if we look beyond the flowery words, we find some very interesting ideas. At the same time we confront Nietzsche’s enormous bias, particularly when deciding when something is or is not “art.“ Nietzsche forms a very strict definition of art that excludes such things as subjective self-expression and the opera. Despite his criticisms of human culture, however, Nietzsche has great faith in the human soul and urges us to drop our Socratic pretenses and accept the culture of Dionysus again. --FIND ME OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS!-- Instagram: Twitter: Read my Blog: Email me at briancajay@ for business inquires such as reviewing books, collabs, guest blog posts, interviews or etc :-) Hey there! Welcome to Book Talk ! My name is Brianca Jay and you haven’t already guessed love books! I love reviewing & discussing books & just talking about them in general! I try to have new videos up every Monday, Wednesday & Friday! So go ahead & hit that subscribe button! It would make my day (no seriously, it really would!) Thank you all for watching & have an amazing day!!