Logic and Morality
The two major parties of the ancient world, according to
Nietzsche, were the Appolinian and the Dionysian.
See if these two views sound
familiar:
Appolinian |
Dionysian |
reason |
passion |
science |
art |
logic |
beauty |
optimism |
pessimism |
moderation |
excess |
morality |
enjoyment |
Somehow neither ancient party correlates exactly with the Democratic
and Republican parties or the cultures of red and blue states.
Everything has
changed somehow, and the most interesting thing to me about this change is
that in the ancient division of worldviews science and logic were on the same
side as moderation and morality.
Seems like that's worth thinking about...
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