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Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Attic Observer and the Attic Chorus

Music can convey the raw awesomeness of nature to you, but it's purely experiential. It provides no individuation at all. So main line in the will won't provide you any con that you carry away with you. You can't have that individuation that you take back with you. I'm sorry, i must have to think about that on my own time. After looking in section seven, which is where he starts to bring this all together, there's a paragraph right before he gets he basically walks through the progression of what the attic spectator gains from the experience of being pres at the tragedy. Right before he gets into that, he says with this

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