Filed under: Tragedy
A few links on Nietzsche’s philosophy following yesterday’s class. We looked mostly at 1872′s The Birth of Tragedy, although we did also touch on some of his later core concepts, including the Will to Power, the Übermensch, and the doctrine of Eternal Recurrence. The Wikipedia article on The Birth of Tragedy itself is a little underpowered; although there are some other useful online resources, for instance this article on ‘Nietzsche’s Metaphysics and the Birth of Tragedy‘ [it's a pdf].
Also, whilst you’re at it, take a look at some Wagner: here‘s a YouTube clip of Jessye Norman in Von Karajan’s version of Tristan und Isolde (1865); and here is Nina Stemme singing from the same opera. Is this stuff as stupendous as Nietzsche claims it is? [There's some background on the opera here; turns out it was inspired by Wagner's reading of, guess who, Schopenhauer...]
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