Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche on love

Art made suffering bearable

In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche argued that the Greeks understood how terrible life could be. Their art did not depend on cheerful ignorance. Beauty gave them a way to confront that knowledge while remaining attached to existence.

Different artistic forces worked together

Nietzsche associated Apollo with clear images, form and measure, and Dionysus with music, overwhelming feeling and the loss of the separate self. He argued that tragedy grew through their combination, not through either force acting alone.

Kindness did not require perfection

In Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche doubted complete unselfishness but still praised good friendship and an honest, kindly outlook. He also argued that understanding the causes of conduct should make people less ready to blame, rather than more eager to condemn.

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