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Beyond Good and Evil · Chapter

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A single aphorism positing music as a medium through which passions can experience and revel in themselves.

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A single aphorism positing music as a medium through which passions can experience and revel in themselves.

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Key passages

  • “By means of music the very passions enjoy themselves.”

    Music provides a form or channel through which passions can find expression and take pleasure in their own existence.

    A concise, poetic statement on the psychological and aesthetic function of music.