Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Apolonian Is What Gives Structure and Then Gives Action
The apolonian is what gives structure, and then therefore gives action, otherwise things just stop. The senthissa mixansye, in some ways act in the face of them. So you've got the idea that there's this constant conflict between the civilizing forces, the apollonian, and the de stabilizing wild forces, the dionysian. And so i'm trying to figure out how this connects up with the notion of sublimation on the one hand, the notion of catharsis on the other.
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