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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"Best known for inaugurating the rehabilitation of Nietzsche, Kaufmann is portrayed in Stanley Corngold’s splendid recent biography—
Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic—as the conduit through which [Martin] Buber’s teaching entered the American conversation."
---Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal"[A] luminous biography." * Kirkus *
"In this new work, [Stanley] Corngold presents a historical account of philosopher Walter Kaufmann's writings, which ranged widely from ethics and religion to a major rethinking of Friedrich Nietzsche. Thorough and engaging, Corngold presents a vivid picture of Kaufmann's life through an analysis of his most influential works."
---William Simkulet, Library Journal"Corngold’s ‘philosophical biography’ portrays Kaufmann as a fascinating, admirable, and flawed character. After a brief biographical chapter, Corngold takes us through Kaufmann’s intellectual journey from his first book to his last. The detailed discussions of Kaufmann’s individual works, supplemented by an array of philosophical and literary references, are balanced and rich."
---Lewis Rosenberg, Australian Book Review"Corngold writes with a tenacity and intensity that matches his subject . . . [and] proves an admirable guide."
---Robert L. Kehoe III, Los Angeles Review of Books"[A] brilliantly erudite and playful intellectual biography of Kaufmann."
---Hugo Drochon, Times Literary Supplement
