Art and Pessimism in “The Birth of Tragedy”

Authors

  • Robson Costa Cordeiro Universidade Federal da Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7iesp.56768

Keywords:

Nietzsche, art, pessimism, tragedy, truth

Abstract

Taking Nietzsche's reflections in the “Essay of Self-Criticism” as a guiding thread, the article seeks to reflect on the relationship between art and pessimism, a relationship that, according to Nietzsche, constituted the puzzle and the fundamental problem of the Greek world. The relationship between tragedy and pessimism, conceived as "pessimism of strength", is the central issue of our study, here thought from the original tension between the artistic impulses of nature, the Apollonian and the Dionysian. Therefore, it is also necessary to think about the relationship between art and truth, between tragic thought and its dissolution by theoretical, Socratic-Platonic thought.

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Author Biography

Robson Costa Cordeiro, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professor do Departamento e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (PPGF) e Coordenador do PPGF. Autor dos livros O Corpo como grande razão: Análise do fenômeno do corpo no pensamento de Friedrich Nietzsche, Editora Annablume, 2012 e Espírito de vingança e redenção da vontade em “Assim falou Zaratustra”, Editora Fi, 2016.

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Published

2020-12-17

How to Cite

Cordeiro, R. C. (2020). Art and Pessimism in “The Birth of Tragedy”. Aufklärung, 7(esp), p.83–96. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7iesp.56768

Issue

Vol. 7 No. esp (2021): May-August

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Articles

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