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Friedrich Nietzsche on Art

Slavko Platz ; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Đakovo, Hrvatska

Abstract

From the manifold aspects dealt with by Friedrich Nietzsch, here we are dealing with only his understanding of art. Commencing with Greek tradition he divides pre-Socratic philosophy into Dionese and Apollonic elements, and finds that tragedy has its origin in the spirit of the music of Greek choirs. He concludes that life is much too cruel and senseless, and that life consists in an eternal returning to the starting point and therefore we never truly attain the truth. This returning is at the same time a remedy for the cruelty of truth in life. Art and culture will best embellish our lives and thus prevent us from breaking down because of the truth.

Keywords

art; culture and tragedy returning to the same point; eternal

Hrčak ID:

1239

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/1239

Publication date:

4.3.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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