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In a new foreword, Stanley Corngold vividly describes the intellectual and biographical milieu of Kaufmann’s provocative book. quoted by Walter Kaufmann, The Faith of a Heretic, (Garden City. The resulting exploration of the faiths of a nonbeliever in a secular age is as fresh and challenging as when it was first published. Overview View 5 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Last edited by MARC Bot Novem History Edit An edition of The faith of a heretic (1961) The faith of a heretic. generally, not just the Christian/Constantinian era, religion and state often existed. Beginning with an autobiographical prologue that traces his evolution from religious believer to "heretic," the book touches on theology, organized religion, morality, suffering, and death-all examined from the perspective of a "quest for honesty." Kaufmann also subjects philosophy's faith in truth, reason, and absolute morality to the same heretical treatment. Although he considered himself a heretic, he was not immune to the wellsprings and impulses from which religion originates, declaring it among the most vital and radical expressions of the human mind. A first-rate philosopher in his own right, Kaufmann here provides the fullest account of his views on religion. Editions for The Faith of a Heretic: 0385066511 (), 0691165483 (Paperback published in 2015), (Kindle Edition. His colleague, the Princeton historian Carl Schorske, remained lucid until his death in 2015, after having celebrated his one-hundredth birthday. Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann. WALTER KAUFMANN was born in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, on July 1, 1921, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, on September 4, 1980, far too young, at fifty-nine, for someone of his vitality.
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