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The Apollinian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an all-embracing order within which everything makes sense and has a place.

Apollinian (n.) names ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the enraptured lingering before a dreamed-up world of beautiful illusion, as redemption from becoming.

Apollinian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the illusion of the eternity of beautiful form — the aristocratic decree 'thus it shall be always!'

The Apollinian (n.) mask ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reverses the afterimage of the sun: after staring into nature's inner terror, we see bright spots that heal the night-crippled gaze.

Apollinian (n.) intoxication ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠stimulates the eye above all: painters, sculptors and epic poets are visionaries par excellence.

Apollinian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the urge for complete being-for-oneself, for whatever simplifies and makes things strong, clear and unambiguous: freedom under the law.

The Apollinian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the dream-state: measure, number, limit, the taming of everything wild — Apollo as the radiant image of the principle of individuation.

The Apollinian (n.) consciousness ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is a veil merely covering the Dionysian world — which is why the Apollonian Greek stared at the reveller with horror and recognition.

The Apollinian (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠music was Doric architecture expressed in sound — keeping at a careful distance the very thing that makes music music: disturbing tonal power, melody, harmony.

Apollinian (n.) rescues ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠us from Dionysian universality and delights us with individuals, blinding us so we think we watch only one image of the world — Tristan and Isolde.

Apollinian (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Dionysian are the two states in which art seizes man like a force of nature: the compulsion to have visions and the compulsion to an orgiastic state — rehearsed in ordinary life as dream and intoxication.

The Apollinian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the realm of dreams, and in our dreams we delight in the immediate understanding of figures; all forms speak to us; there is nothing unimportant or superfluous.