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Dionysus (n.) the ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠dismembered god: from his smile arose the Olympian gods, from his tears arose mankind.

Dionysus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the divine name the Greeks gave to the whole scale of happiness, from man feeling himself a deified self-justification of nature down to the joy of healthy peasants and half-human animals.

Dionysus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a judge: pronounce his name before Goethe, Beethoven, Shakespeare or Raphael, and at once our best things and moments have been judged.

Dionysus (n.) cut ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to pieces is a promise of life, eternally reborn from destruction; the god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from it.

Dionysus (n.) versus ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Crucified: not a difference of martyrdom but of its meaning — Dionysos cut to pieces is a promise to life that it will be reborn; the God on the cross is a curse on life.