Birth of Tragedy

'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "e;a man who knows"e; speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.'The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian ins...