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The keyword “Zapffe on the tragic” almost always refers to his philosophical magnum opus, (Norwegian for On the Tragic ). Originally submitted as a doctoral dissertation (and rejected once before acceptance), this book is a dense, 1,000-page exploration of tragedy not merely as a literary genre, but as a metaphysical condition.

It is a biological misfire, an evolutionary accident that gave an animal the ability to foresee its own death, grasp the universe’s indifference, and desire meaning in a cosmos that offers none. zapffe on the tragic pdf