Western Philosophy

Ontology as a Basic Approach in Nietzsche's Fundamental Musical Reading of Tragedy

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD in Philosophy of Art, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

10.30479/wp.2025.21112.1122

Abstract

In this paper, we attempt to show that Nietzsche in his first work is an ontologist; therefore, his work on Tragedy is not only an investigation of Tragedy in Greece, but also his work is an ontology. He begins thinking in his first work with basic criticism of the entire history of metaphysics, as the permanence of presence. Therefore, first in this paper, we deal with the background of Nietzsche's thought and his transgression of it. Then we pose elements of Nietzsche's thought in Birth of Tragedy and attempt that clarify the path of ontology through musical confrontation based on Nietzsche's thought. His intention from the ontology is to again see life of human as a tragic life in which the human stands concerning a frightful and fearful abyss, and art as a saving and healing thing calls us to the will of life. The relation that existed in the Greek Tragedy was ontological life and was covered with the appearance of Socratic man.

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Western Philosophy
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 14
July 2025
Pages 81-100