IV Birth of Tragedy, Wagner & Burnham Flashcards
Aufebung
Aufebung (auf-fee-uh-bun): eliminating something while still preserving it as part of a synthesis
Ancilla
Ancilla (an-sell-uh): handmaid
Eidetic
Eidetic (I-de-tik): vivid recall of images
Epopt
Epopt (eh-pop-th): an initiate, often into the Eleusinian mysteries.
Metempsychosis
Metempsychosis (meh·tem·psy·cho·sis): transmigration of the soul into another body upon death
Moira
Moira (moy-rah): any of three Greek goddesses of fate and destiny
Palladium
Palladium: wooden statue of the goddess Pallas that protected Troy
Palimpsest
Palimpsest (puh-limp-sest): a manuscript, often parchment, that has been erased and written over
Schein
Schein (shine): appearance, illusion
Sein
Sein (zen): being, existence
Syllogism
Syllogism (si-lə-ˌji-zəm): deductive reasoning, using two given premises, to arrive at a conclusion
Bildung
Bildung: character (soul) training
Chromatic
Chromatic: notes outside the major/minor scale
Maieutic
Maieutic (may-you-dick): Socratic inquiry to bring a person’s ideas into clear consciousness.
Mimesis
Mimesis (muh-me-suhs): imitation of nature in art and literature.
Hortatory
Hortatory (hor·ta·to·ry): urging some course of action, exhorting
Leitmotif
Leitmotif (leit·mo·tif): a recurrent theme in a musical or literary piece
Ontogenetic
Ontogenetic (ˌän-tə-jə-ˈne-tik): the growth of an individual organism
Phylogenetic
Phylogenetic (phy·lo·ge·net·ic): the evolutionary history of an organism
Thyrsus
Thyrsus (thur·sus): Staff carried by Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbol of prosperity and fertility.
Recrudescence
Recrudescence (rē-krü-ˈdes-cence): the recurrence of an undesirable condition
Paradigm
Paradignm (ˈperəˌdīm): a typical example of something; a model
Oresteia
Oresteia (aw REH stee uh): trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus (EH skuh luhs)
Lapidary
Lapidary: polished
Adumbrate
Adumbrate (ˈadəmˌbrait): to foreshadow or symbolize
Hieratic
Hieratic (higher-attic): of or concerning priests
Demolatry
Demolatry: worshiping people rather than gods. Nietzsche refers to ‘the masses’
Moloch
Moloch: a Canaanite deity that required child sacrifice; anything requiring costly sacrifice
