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Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Dionysian Pessimism
2. The Good and Beautiful Body
I The Risk of Virtue
II An Outline for a Physiology of Aesthetics
3. The Socratic Cure for Life
I The Twilight of Ecstasy and the Birth of “Happiness”
II Apollo Democratized: The Birth of “Aesthetics”
Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“The Smile of Tragedy is a valuable addition to the literature on Nietzsche. The book is clearly argued and well written, with an abundance of references to the primary sources seamlessly integrated into the text. Particularly impressive is the concise and sustained development of the exposition, the arc of which unfolds without loss of shape or focus.”
—Malcolm Bull, University of Oxford
