Editing Apollo (section)

=== Psychology and philosophy ===
{{See also|Apollonian and Dionysian|Apollo archetype}}

In the philosophical discussion of the arts, a distinction is sometimes made between the [[Apollonian and Dionysian]] impulses, where the former is concerned with imposing intellectual order and the latter with chaotic creativity. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] argued that a fusion of the two was most desirable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2012 |title=Dionysus in Nietzsche and Greek Myth by Gwendolyn Toynton |url=http://www.primordialtraditions.net/prime/Library/DionysusinNietzscheandGreekMyth.aspx |access-date=11 May 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814164705/http://www.primordialtraditions.net/prime/Library/DionysusinNietzscheandGreekMyth.aspx |archive-date=14 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Psychologist [[Carl Jung]]'s [[Apollo archetype]] represents what he saw as the disposition in people to over-intellectualise and maintain emotional distance.<ref>Shinoda-Bolen, J., ''Gods in Everyman: A New Psychology of Men's Lives and Loves'' p.130-160 (1989)</ref>