"The Birth of Tragedy" Quotes
A philosophical exploration of the duality between Apollonian and Dionysian forces in Greek tragedy.
philosophy | 160 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Art is the supreme task and the truly metaphysical activity in this life.
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
It is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that existence and the world are eternally justified.
Man is a poetical animal; and if he is denied the opportunity to express his poetry in action, he finds himself compelled to employ poetry in words.
Art is the sublime enactment of the metaphysical solace of life.
Aesthetic illusion is a metaphysical need of man.
Art is the great stimulator of life.
Only as an aesthetic phenomenon is existence and the world justified.
To perceive a thing aesthetically means to perceive its eternal significance in its transitory form.
All unification, all reconciliation of the finite with the infinite rests solely and entirely on aesthetic illusion.
