Anyone care to explain this duality to me? I feel like I'm having a hard time understanding the Dionysian standpoint without the use of metaphysics? Or is it that the Birth of Tragedy actually does incorporate some use of metaphysics?
DylanHirschreddit.comApollonian vs Dionysian. Nietzsche
We must also point out that this “intensity of encounter” is not to be identified with what is called the Dionysian aspect of creativity. You will find this word Dionysian used often in books on creative works. Taken from the name of the Greek god of intoxication and other forms of ecstasy, the term refers to the upsurge of vitality, the abandon,
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These are opposed to the Dionysian characteristics of excess, irrationality, lack of discipline, and unbridled passion.
Apollonian | Classical, Greek, Philosophy | Britannica
Jung’s reaction when he read Nietzsche for the first time: https://t.co/NfnhGMUDFi