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Apollonian

Apollonian values: (narrow:) lucidity, tranquility and rational, intellectual detachment. Extended (spiritual/vedic): truth, eternity, bliss, beauty , goodness and consciousness. Also generally associated with order and non-competitiveness.
Philosophical: the term for everything that in its worldview, philosophy of life and art has the characteristics of the stable and balanced intellect, for everything striving for order and harmony. Values associated with the greek god Apollo.

Antonym: the dionysian values, the hedonistic lust for life.

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