Abstract
This article aims to reveal the great influence of Schopenhauer's aesthetic thought on early Nietzsche's metaphysics of art. Firstly, in terms of typology of art, early Nietzsche uses the framework of the Apollonian art/Dionysian art for the binary division of artistic types. Such binary division is the result of direct appropriation of Schopenhauer's artistic dichotomy. The general art which is the facsimile of the idea changes into Apollonian art, and music which is the facsimile of the will changes into Dionysian art. Secondly, in terms of the theory of aesthetic experience, early Nietzsche's concept of tragedy is composed of the triple world which directly absorbs the theoretical achievements of Schopenhauer's aesthetic experience. Finally, regarding the core issue of pessimism, early Nietzsche gives two solutions to the tragic truth of existence: the Apollonian solution and the Dionysian solution, but the two solutions ultimately deny individual life and are pessimistic. Early Nietzsche is still a Schopenhauerian pessimist.
First Page
207
Last Page
216
Recommended Citation
Lü, Dong. 2018. "Negation of Life: Reassessing Schopenhauer's Influence on Early Nietzsche's Metaphysics of Art." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 38, (2): pp.207-216. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss2/8
