Walter Kaufmann Quote

The Germans think that strength must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty; then they submit with fervor and admiration: they are suddenly rid of their pitiful weakness and their sensitivity for every naught, and they devoutly enjoy terror. That there is strength in mildness and stillness, they do not believe easily. They miss strength in Goethe …!—XI, 112.

Walter Kaufmann

The Germans think that strength must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty; then they submit with fervor and admiration: they are suddenly rid of their pitiful weakness and their sensitivity for every naught, and they devoutly enjoy terror. That there is strength in mildness and stillness, they do not believe easily. They miss strength in Goethe …!—XI, 112.

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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