The Birth of Tragedy Preface to Richard Wagner(Basel, end of the year 1871) as my sublime predecessor on this path, I wish to dedicate this essay e what a seriously German problem is faced here and placed right in the center of German hopes I am convinced that art represents the highest task and the truly metaphysical activity of this life e art owes its continuous evolution to the apollinian- Dionysian dualityThe Birth of Tragedy ► Preface to Richard Wagner (Basel, end of the year 1871) as my sublime predecessor on this path, I wish to dedicate this essay ► what a seriously German problem is faced here and placed right in the center of German hopes I am convinced that art represents the highest task and the truly metaphysical activity of this life ► art owes its continuous evolution to the Apollinian￾Dionysian duality