Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic

by Stanley Corngold

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691165017
• ISBN13: 9780691165011
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"