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No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.

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No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.

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About Walter Kaufmann

Walter Kaufmann may refer to:

Walter Kaufmann (physicist) (1871–1947), German physicist
Walter Kaufmann (composer) (1907–1984), composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator
Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) (1921–1980), German-American philosopher, translator, and poet
Walter Kaufmann (author) (1924–2021), German writer