<P> Although the use of the concepts of the Apollonian and Dionysian is linked to Nietzsche 's The Birth of Tragedy , the terms were used before him in German culture . The poet Hölderlin spoke of them , while Winckelmann talked of Bacchus , the god of wine . Rudolf Steiner as well treated in depth of the Apollonian and Dionysian ( called `` Apollinisches und Dionysisches '' in German ) and placed them in the general history and spiritual evolution of mankind . </P>
<P> Although the use of the concepts of the Apollonian and Dionysian is linked to Nietzsche 's The Birth of Tragedy , the terms were used before him in German culture . The poet Hölderlin spoke of them , while Winckelmann talked of Bacchus , the god of wine . Rudolf Steiner as well treated in depth of the Apollonian and Dionysian ( called `` Apollinisches und Dionysisches '' in German ) and placed them in the general history and spiritual evolution of mankind . </P>
who is the person who first labeled apollonian and dionysian responses as such
who is the person who first labeled apollonian and dionysian responses as such
Nietzsche
Nietzsche