All Walter Kaufmann Quotes
- When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because… Account
- Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste… Acquire
- Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality. Acclaim
- Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars. Alone
- Let people who do not know what to do with themselves in this life, but fritter away their time reading magazines and watching television, hope… Creation
- Reason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe. Always Tell
- No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche. Been
- The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book. Believe
- The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know? Problem
- Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several,… Actually Rejoices
- Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for… Attempt
- In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in… Account
- It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much suffering,… All
- The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all… Adam
- It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while… Come Neatly
- Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something… Ceases
- The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepens his understanding and sensibility, in… Advantage
- The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism. Deepest
- To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of… All
- It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended in terms of… Comprehended
- Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person. Assent
- Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either… Either Scientists
- The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The… Atheism
- Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed… Believe
- Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not… Ask