The faith of a heretic / Walter Kaufmann with a new foreword by Stanley Corngold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufmann, Walter, author.

Corngold, Stanley, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition with a New foreword by Stanley Corngold

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, [England] : Princeton University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann. A first-rate philosopher in his own right, Kaufmann here provides the fullest account of his views on religion. 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. 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. The resulting exploration of the faiths of a nonbeliever in a secular age is as fresh and challenging as when it was first published. In a new foreword, Stanley Corngold vividly describes the intellectual and biographical milieu of Kaufmann's provocative book.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Corngold, Stanley

Preface

I. Prologue

II. The Quest for Honesty

III. Philosophy and Revolution

IV. Commitment

V. Against Theology

VI. Suffering and the Bible

VII. The Old Testament

VIII. Jesus vis- à- vis Paul, Luther, and Schweitzer

IX. Organized Religion

X. Morality

XI. Freud and the Tragic Virtues

XII. Death

XIII. Trilogue on Heaven, Love, and Peace

XIV. Epilogue

Bibliographical Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400866168

OCLC:

908631590