In a previous video I have discussed one of the most interesting ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, his idea of the Apollonian and Dionysian spirit. In his first published book, the Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche defined both concepts, the Apollonian and Dionysian, and illustrated how, if both, the Apollonian and Dionysian spirit operate in unity, they can produce something truly unique. However, as I discussed as well, Nietzsche claimed that Greek tragedy met a tragic death resulting from an opposition to the Dionysian spirit, an opposition which was, according to Nietzsche, characterized by Socrates and the Socratic ideal of knowledge and the idealization of the rational.
Nietzsche believed that our under-emphasize of the Dionysian spirit had implications for many aspects of our lives. In this video I discuss these implications and illustrate how the Apollonian and Dionysian concepts relate to several aspects of our lives, such as art, education, culture, and myths. As a result of this discussion, we might question, as Nietzsche did as well, whether, in our modern world, we have forgotten about Dionysus and the Dionysian spirit. At the same time, I also discuss why Nietzsche believed that a rebirth of tragedy and the Dionysian spirit was possible, and how this discussion of the Dionysian and Apollonian spirit would become an important theme throughout Nietzsche’s future works, as well as how this idea influenced other thinkers.
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