Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 – September 4, 1980) was a German-American
philosopher, translator, and
poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as
authenticity and
death,
moral philosophy and
existentialism,
theism and
atheism,
Christianity and
Judaism, as well as
philosophy and
literature. He served for over 30 years as a professor at
Princeton University.