Description
Book SynopsisExamining tragedy as one of the highest forms of human expression for both the ancients and the moderns, this book presents what Greek tragedy and German philosophy reveal about the meaning of art for ethical life.
Trade Review"Schmidt's investigation of tragedy is a highly significant, powerful work, one with far reaching consequences. It bears on our understanding of the role of the arts and of philosophical thinking in our culture." --Rodolphe Gasch
Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:
In Lieu of a Preface
Key to Frequently Cited Works
Questions
1. Plato
2. Aristotle
Interlude: Kant and Schelling
Appendix A: The Earliest System-Program of German Idealism
Appendix B: Tenth Letter on Dogmatism and Criticism
3. Hegel
4. Hölderlin
Appendix C: Letter to Böhlendorf
Appendix D: Letter to Brother
Appendix E: "In lovely blueness . . . "
Appendix F: Empedocles
Appendix G: The Death of Empedocles
5. Nietzsche
6. Heidegger
Appendix H: Heidegger's Translation of the Choral Ode from Antigone
Appendix I: Hölderlin's Translation of the Choral Ode from Antigone
Convictions and Suspicions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
