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