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Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Dionysus and the Chorus

The chorus used to be the only character in a tragedy. Now there are many different characters, but they're all still re enacting being taken down by dionysus. As you get things more and more realistic, you lose the whole point of tragedy,. even so far as why doss it have to be so tragic?

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