“Every culture that has lost myth has lost, by the same token, its natural healthy creativity. Only a horizon ringed about with myths can unify a culture. The forces of imagination and the Apollonian dream are saved only by myth from indiscriminate rambling. The images of myth must be the daemonic guardians, ubiquitous but unnoticed, presiding over the growth of the child's mind and interpreting to the mature man his life and struggles.”
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Book:The Birth of Tragedy
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The Birth of Tragedy
Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work delves into the psychological and aesthetic aspects of tragedy, examining its role in human life and its influence on art and philosophy. more
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