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Quotation from The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
“slowly recovering from a disease brought home from the field, made up his mind definitely regarding the "Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of _Music”
The Birth of Tragedy, Attempt at Self-Criticism, §1, trans. William A. Haussmann (1909)
Nietzsche recalls finishing his thinking about the book while convalescing from illness contracted as a medical orderly in 1870.
Citation: "slowly recovering from a disease brought home from the field, made up his mind definitely regarding the "Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of _Music" — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, Attempt at Self-Criticism, §1, trans. William A. Haussmann (1909). (id the-birth-of-tragedy-q1)
Portrait: Nietzsche187a, Friedrich Hermann Hartmann, Public domain.
