"Theory is created at the expense of Art". Does this statement present an accurate description of the central claim advanced by Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy?
Date Submitted: 10/08/2001 09:57:42
To argue that Birth of Tragedy has a central claim; "theory is created at the expense of art", is to attempt to reduce its offerings to an oversimplification of a single thematic component. A central claim is the result of a complete and settled debate within defined parameters. This is true even if this settlement subsequently proves merely temporary. To be central is to exist at a single point between the outer parameters of phenomena
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work ends as it begins; an insistent and urgent appeal to appreciate the duality of life, and a warning of the dangers inherent in reducing meaning to a singular or central claim.
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