From Shakespeare to existentialism : an original study : essays on Shakespeare and Goethe, Hegel and Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud, Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee

A companion volume to his __Critique of Religion and Philosophy__, this book offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the great minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature. A classic book by one of the twentieth century's most innovative and adventurous thinkers First published in 1959, From Shakespeare to Existentialism offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the greatest minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature. Few scholars can match Kaufmann's range of interests, from intellectual history and comparative religion to psychology, art, and architecture. In this illuminating and wide-ranging book, he traces the evolving Aristotelian ideal of the great-souled individual, showing how it was forgotten by medieval Christendom but recovered by Shakespeare and apotheosized by Nietzsche. An invaluable companion to his Critique of Religion and Philosophy , this volume presents Kaufmann at his most trailblazing, charting new directions in Western thought while providing bold perspectives on figures such as Goethe, Hegel, Rilke, and Freud. Book Description: Explores Such Themes As Philosophy Versus Poetry, Post-world War Ii German Thought, Art, Tradition, And Truth In A Collection Of Essays. Preface (1979) -- Preface (1960) -- Preface (1959) -- Shakespeare: Between Socrates And Existentialism -- Dialogue With A Critic -- Shakespeare Versus Goethe -- Goethe And The History Of Ideas -- Goethe's Faith And Faust's Redemption -- Goethe Versus Romanticism -- Hegel Myth And Its Method -- Young Hegel And Religion -- Hegel: Contribution And Calamity -- Kierkegaard -- How Nietzsche Revolutionized Ethics -- Nietzsche And Rilke -- Art, Tradition, And Truth -- Philosophy Versus Poetry -- Jaspers' Relation To Nietzsche -- Freud -- Heidegger's Castle -- German Thought After World War Ii -- Toynbee And Super-history -- Toynbee And Religion -- Bibliography -- Index. By Walter Kaufmann. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [429]-443.