Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Isn't That the Problem With Euripides?
Euripidean characters are actually supposed to be tragic for their own personal action, not as archetypes. So this is a version of greek cheerfulness that nature doesn't like. i notice on wichipaedia that sophocles is only like 17 years older, probably, than euripides. so we're talking about a pretty quick degeneration on neta's scale.
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