The great artist liberates the emotions and recreates the sheer wonder of childhood without surrendering the development of the intellect. - Walter Kaufmann

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The great artist liberates the emotions and recreates the sheer wonder of childhood without surrendering the development of the intellect.

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About Walter Kaufmann

Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1 July 1921 – 4 September 1980) was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet, most famous as a translator and scholar of the works of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Pen Names: David Dennis
Alternative Names: Walter Arnold Kaufmann
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Of course, not everything old is beautiful, any more than everything black, or everything white, or everything young. But the notion that old means ugly is every bit as harmful as the prejudice that black is ugly. In one way it is even more pernicious. The notion that only what is new and young is beautiful poisons our relationship to the past and to our own future. It keeps us from understanding our roots and the greatest works of our culture and other cultures. It also makes us dread what lies ahead of us and leads many to shirk reality.

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