From Shakespeare to Existentialism: Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe; Hegel and Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee

Walter A. Kaufmann

Published by Princeton University Press 1980

From Shakespeare to Existentialism

Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe; Hegel and Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee

Walter A. Kaufmann

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691216126

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About this book

A companion volume to his Critique of Religion and Philosophy, this book offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the great minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature.

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Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980) was the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught for more than thirty years. His many books include Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist and Critique of Religion and Philosophy (both Princeton).

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"[It] is critics like Mr. Kaufmann who often prove the most stimulating to read the most memorable in their effect."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface (1979) Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface (1960) Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Preface (1959) Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
1 Shakespeare: Between Socrates and Existentialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Dialogue with a Critic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Shakespeare Versus Goethe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 Goethe and the History of Ideas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
5 Goethe's Faith and Faust's Redemption Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6 Goethe Versus Romanticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
7 The Hegel Myth and Its Method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
8 The Young Hegel and Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9 Hegel: Contribution and Calamity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
10 Kierkegaard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
11 How Nietzsche Revolutionized Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
12 Nietzsche and Rilke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
13 Art, Tradition, and Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
14 Philosophy Versus Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
15 Jaspers' Relation to Nietzsche Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
16 Freud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
17 Heidegger's Castle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
18 German Thought After World War II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445