Chapter 1
- Art progression is bound to Apollonian Dionysian duality
- Apollo: Land of dreams: light filled space, man enjoys "the immediate apprehension of form." Man is healed and shown divine intuition.
- Appearance: Everything we see is a veil over true society
- Aesthetic dreamers are like philosophers, they know that what they are seeing isn't real and is thus, an appearance.
- Dionysus: Principle of Calm Reason: Inability to tell the difference between appearance and reality. Drunkenness.
Chapters 5 & 6
- Homer - Naive Artist [artist completely absorbed in beauty of appearance]
- Archilochus - Subjective poet, linked to Dionysus and drunkenness. Used first person and a lot of emotion.
- 'I' of unified conscious
- Lyricist is from Apollian dream state
- Archilochus is basically writing in a folk style about emotions and life experiences, whereas Homer is based on appearance and the beauty of the surroundings.
- Lyric is passionate through links to music
Chapters 13, 14 & 15
- Socrates - Non-mystic [actions not just based on instinct alone]
- Socrates says that tragedy is not suitable for philosophers as it was aimed at the Common Man and devoid of truth.
- Celebrated the 'Theoretical Man' - someone who always tries to find the truth and report it.
Chapters 20 & 21
- Culture and True-Arts estranged
- Rebirth of Tragedy shouldn't be feared, music powers the German Spirit through renovation and purification
- Key aspects of tragedy are Tragic Hero (takes on the weight of the world, relieves us of the burden, sets example for us) and Music. Makes us feel drunk and Dionysusian.
- Myth is needed to counter this, hero is this and is the Apollion answer so the counter-balance remains.
Chapters 24 & 25
- Music and tragedy are inseparable, and so are Apollo and Dionysus.
- Apollo lacks substance without Dionysus, Dionysus needs Apollo to express. Two sides of the same coin.
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