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The Smile of Tragedy

Nietzsche and the Art of Virtue
  • ISBN-13: 9780271052519
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Daniel R. Ahern
  • Price: AUD $67.99
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  • Local release date: 14/08/2012
  • Format: Paperback 184 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]
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Examines Nietzsche's approach to what he called "the tragic age of the Greeks" as the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the "Socratic era," but also for his overall critique of Western culture.


Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Dionysian Pessimism

2. The Good and Beautiful Body

I The Risk of Virtue

II An Outline for a Physiology of Aesthetics

3. The Socratic Cure for Life

I The Twilight of Ecstasy and the Birth of “Happiness”

II Apollo Democratized: The Birth of “Aesthetics”

Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow

Notes

Bibliography

Index


The Smile of Tragedy is a valuable addition to the literature on Nietzsche. The book is clearly argued and well written, with an abundance of references to the primary sources seamlessly integrated into the text. Particularly impressive is the concise and sustained development of the exposition, the arc of which unfolds without loss of shape or focus.

—Malcolm Bull, University of Oxford

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