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The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever... read more
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Whatever may lie at the bottom of this questionable book: it must have been a question of the greatest interest and appeal, as well as a deeply personal question-as witnessed by the time in which it was written, in spite of which it was written, the exciting time of Franco-Prussian War of 1870-I.
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- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Author)
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