The third chapter of this work describes King Midas chasing after Silenus and asking him what is best for man, only to find that the answer is never to have been born. This work's author later attached to it the preface "An Attempt at Self-Criticism," and attacked Euripides as the man who fought the "death struggle" of the title art form because of his devotion to rationality and the influence of Socrates. The author continues by offering the mod
The third chapter of this work describes King Midas chasing after Silenus and asking him what is best for man, only to find that the answer is never to have been born. This work's author later attached to it the preface "An Attempt at Self-Criticism," and attacked Euripides as the man who fought the "death struggle" of the title art form because of his devotion to rationality and the influence of Socrates. The author continues by offering the modern operas of Richard Wagner as hope for the restoration of the balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian. For 10 points, name this work by Friedrich Nietzsche that concerns a certain genre of drama.
The third chapter of this work describes King Midas chasing after Silenus and asking him what is best for man, only to find that the answer is never to have been born.
The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music [or Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik]