Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

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Walter Arnold Kaufmann, Walter Kaufmann
New American Library, 1975 - Philosophy - 384 pages

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Contents

PREFACE TO THE EXPANDED EDITION ix
9
DOSTOEVSKY Notes from Underground
52
KIERKEGAARD The First Existentialist
83
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About the author (1975)

Walter Kaufmann was born in Freiburg, Germany in July 1, 1921. He arrived in the United States at the age of 17 and became a citizen in 1944. He received a B.A. degree from Williams College in 1941 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1947. During World War II, he served in the United States Army from 1943-1946. He was a member of the philosophy department at Princeton University from 1947-1980. He was a philosopher, translator, poet, and photographer. His first book, a critical study of Nietzsche, was published in 1950. His other works include Critique of Religion and Philosophy, From Shakespeare to Existentialism, The Faith of a Heretic, Tragedy and Philosophy, Without Guilt and Justice, Religions in Four Dimensions, and Man's Lot. He died on September 4, 1980 at the age of 59.

Bibliographic information

TitleExistentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre
Volume 495 of Meridian book
Volume 495 of Meridian: Philosophy
EditorsWalter Arnold Kaufmann, Walter Kaufmann
Translated byWalter Kaufmann
Editionrevised
PublisherNew American Library, 1975
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMar 20, 2009
ISBN0452004977, 9780452004979
Length384 pages
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