The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a… — Walter Kaufmann Adam Copy Share Image
The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding… — Walter Kaufmann Advantage Copy Share Image
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the… — Walter Kaufmann Believe Copy Share Image
The Greeks had considered hope the final evil in Pandora's box. They also gave us an image of perfect nobility: a human… — Walter Kaufmann Antigone Copy Share Image
“The projection of one's feeling toward oneself upon a cosmic scale may seem to hinge on a metaphysical premise, but it can… — Walter Kaufmann Present moment Copy Share Image
“What Pascal overlooked was the hair-raising possibility that God might out-Luther Luther. A special area in hell might be reserved for those… — Walter Kaufmann Blaise-pascal Copy Share Image
“Since the Renaissance, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Mozart, and a host of others have shown that this religious dimension can be experienced and communicated… — Walter Kaufmann Literature Copy Share Image
For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism. — Walter Kaufmann Atheism Copy Share Image
It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended… — Walter Kaufmann Development Copy Share Image
Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered… — Walter Kaufmann Believe Copy Share Image
“Perfection lies in intensity, and what is most intense cannot be endured long.” — Walter Kaufmann Excellence Copy Share Image
Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person. — Walter Kaufmann Belief Copy Share Image
“Men love jargon. It is so palpable, tangible, visible, audible; it makes so obvious what one has learned; it satisfies the craving… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing… — Walter Kaufmann Given Copy Share Image
“Those who loved with all their heart and mind and might have always thought of death, and those who knew the endless… — Walter Kaufmann Concern for others Copy Share Image
Reason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe. — Walter Kaufmann Believe Copy Share Image
Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish… — Walter Kaufmann Freedom Copy Share Image
The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know? — Walter Kaufmann Problem Copy Share Image
“when Nietzsche’s fame had begun to spread rapidly, she climbed on the bandwagon. She acquired the sole rights to all his writings,… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
