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Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art

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The Apollonian and the Dionysiac as Aversion

In section two, not too long after the previous reading that we just did, necha says this, i page 19. So far we have considered the apollonian and its opposite, the dionysic,. In relation to these unmediated artistic states in nature, every artist is an imitator of either one or both. I don't know if that helps clarify nitha's metaphysical position, but i think that it makes it less hierarchical, and it drives home this dual relation. And the elat in the disco. Well, ye. Totally agree. You cant have one without the other. Ok? Let's just call it the apellate the apellic

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