Friedrich Nietzsche, in Nietzsche's Revaluation of Values: A Study in Strategies, p. 132.
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For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable; intoxication. Intoxication must first have heightened the excitability of the entire machine: no art results before that happens.
— Friedrich Nietzsche on Aesthetics
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About Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.
About Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.
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