Date of Submission
Spring 2011
Academic Program
Philosophy
Advisor
Thomas Bartscherer, Ben Stevens
Abstract/Artist's Statement
An interpretation of Nietzsche's reading of Euripides' The Bacchae which informs a reading of the use of Dionysus in the philosopher's work as a whole. In the style and content of his writing, particularly The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche establishes a sense of religiosity that is pledged to self-deceptive belief in the Dionysian. This belief preserves the will to live by representing the chaos of the world in a sacred, literarily real figure.
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Recommended Citation
Norris, Leah Faye, "Unstable Foundations: The Role of the Dionysian in Nietzsche's Construction of Belief" (2011). Senior Projects Spring 2011. 25.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2011/25
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