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Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a psychic state of aesthetic experience, in this case ecstatic abandonment or intoxication.

The Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a sphere in which Appolonian intelligibility collapses. But at the same time, a mysterious primordial unity is achieved: nature which has become alienated, hostile, or subjugated, celebrates once more her reconciliation with her lost son, man.

Dionysian (n.) bedrock ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠may enter consciousness only as far as Apollo's transfiguring power can overcome it again; the two grow in strict proportion.

Dionysian (n.) wisdom ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is joy in the destruction of the most noble — in reality joy in what is coming, which triumphs over existing things however good.

Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the desire for destruction, change and becoming as the expression of an overfull power pregnant with the future — as opposed to the same desire born of the hatred of the ill-constituted, whom existence itself enrages.

Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the formula for a justification of life even at its most terrible, ambiguous and mendacious — the opposite direction from Schopenhauer.

Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the pleasure in saying and doing No out of a tremendous strength derived from saying Yes — a sympathy for the terrible because one is oneself terrible and questionable.

Dionysian (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an urge to unity beyond personality and reality: a passionate-painful overflowing, an ecstatic affirmation of life as the same through all change, sanctifying even its most terrible qualities — the necessary unity of creation and destruction.

The Dionysian (n.) reaches ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its peak of happiness in the annihilation of even the most beautiful illusion.

Dionysian (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠my formula for an instinct opposite to Schopenhauer's: a justification of life even in its most dreadful, ambiguous and mendacious forms.

Dionysian (n.) Yes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the world as it is goes as far as wishing for its absolute recurrence and eternity.

The Dionysian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the tragic man's Yes to even the bitterest suffering, holding existence blissful enough to justify monstrous suffering; the Christian says No to even the happiest earthly lot.