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“Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life.”

Quote by Walter Kaufmann

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Walter Kaufmann
Walter Kaufmann

Walter Kaufmann was a German-born American philosopher known for his research on existentialism and German philosophy. His works delved deeply into the thoughts of thinkers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre, profoundly influencing 20th-century philosophy. more

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