Walter Kaufmann : philosopher, humanist, heretic /

The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life. Walter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He was astonishin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corngold, Stanley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Nietzsche redivivus
  • Raw life
  • Cleaning the stables
  • Transcending the human
  • The riches of the world
  • A Contempt for popularity
  • Stories of religion
  • Living with Hegel
  • The philosophy of tragedy
  • Tragedy as philosophy
  • Against decrepit ideas
  • The places of religion
  • This priceless heritage
  • What is man's lot?
  • Philosophy as psychology
  • Opium of the intellectuals
  • Unsubdued quarrels
  • Epilogue
  • Postscript. Contra Nietzsche.