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Nietzsche’s Aesthetics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Nietzsche’s first book was entitled The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music (1872), and one of his very last works was called The Case of Wagner: A Musician’s Problem (1888). As this simple fact indicates, reflection on art (and especially, on music and drama) is an abiding and central feature of Nietzsche’s thought. Indeed, very nearly all of his works address aesthetic questions at least in passing. Some of these questions are familiar from the philosophical tradition: e.g., how should we explain the effect tragedy has on us? What is the relation of aesthetic value to other kinds of value? Is aesthetic appreciation disinterested and autonomous? What is the appropriate way to respond to Plato’s notorious condemnation of “imitative” art? Other questions are less familiar (though, also not entirely without precedent): e.g., what do artistic products say about the “health” or “sickness” of the culture or person who produces or values them? Can one make a work of art out of onesel

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