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Walter Kaufmann : Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic by United States;Corngold, Stanley;Walter / Kaufmann;Kaufmann, Walter Arnold is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Astonishingly Prolific Until His Untimely Death At Age Fifty-nine, Writing Some Dozen Major Books, All Marked By Breathtaking Erudition And A Provocative Essayistic Style. He Single-handedly Rehabilitated Nietzsche's Reputation After World War Ii And Was Enormously Influential In Introducing Postwar American Readers To Existentialism. Until Now, No Book Has Examined His Intellectual Legacy. Stanley Corngold Provides The First In-depth Study Of Kaufmann's Thought, Covering All His Major Works. He Shows How Kaufmann Speaks To Many Issues That Concern Us Today, Such As The Good Of Philosophy, The Effects Of Religion, The Persistence Of Tragedy, And The Crisis Of The Humanities In An Age Of Technology. Few Scholars In Modern Times Can Match Kaufmann's Range Of Interests, From Philosophy And Literature To Intellectual History And Comparative Religion, From Psychology And Photography To Art And Archite

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Author
United States;Corngold, Stanley;Walter / Kaufmann;Kaufmann, Walter Arnold
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9780691184067
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Memoir, Philosophy, Biography
Rating
4.7 / 5 (22 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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