
Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Euripidean Model Replaces Suspense
Oedipus is understood by sophocles as the noble man who is destined for error and misery in spite of his wisdom. He exerts a magically beneficial effect around him, which still has an effect beyond death. That's what the profound poet wishes to tell us. Through edipus's actions, every law, every natural principle of order, indeed, the moral world may collapse. But because of these very actions, a higher, magical circle of consequences created,. which founds a new world on the ruins of the old world, which has been overthrown. If you were doing a purely apollonian piece of art, then you are playing on existing social moors.
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