Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980)
The great artist liberates the emotions and recreates the sheer wonder of childhood without surrendering the development of the intellect.
— From Shakespeare to Existentialism (1959), p. 258
Walter Arnold Kaufmann was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as philosophy and literature. He served more than 30 years as a professor at Princeton University.
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Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
German-American philosopher (1921–1980)
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