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Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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I'm a Critic, and I Find It a Bit Frustrating.

"If you glorify your own instincts, then that's not being sufficiently self critical in many practical circumstances," he says. "You wouldn't have to do all this self criticism if you just had the mojo in the first place." The play is about a group of friends who go on an extended camping trip and end up falling asleep at each others' sides. It was written by Niachar Lemmon as part of his masterwork with Stephen Sondheim called A Man Walks On Water.

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