Walter Kaufmann

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Active from

1907-04-01

Active to

1984-09-09

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Walter Kaufmann (1 April 1907 – 9 September 1984) was born in Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), then part of Austria-Hungary. He studied composition and musicology in Berlin and Prague, working under figures such as Franz Schreker. He is best known for his prolific creative work in India, his extensive radio music for All India Radio, and later his academic career in Canada. His output ranges from orchestral and chamber music to film scores and pioneering studies of non-Western musical traditions. <a hre

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5 total works indexed

1. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

   · 1983 · cited 31,548x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,797x

3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,988x

4. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 13,463x

5. A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity

   · 1943 · cited 13,226x

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Quotes

• “There is thus a certain plausibility to Nietzsche's doctrine, though it is dynamite. He maintains in effect that the gulf separating Plato from the average man is greater than the cleft between the average man and a chimpanzee.”
• “Of faith and morals, one cannot speak honestly for long without hurting feelings. Therefore, most people speak dishonestly of the most important subjects. Many recent philosophers prefer not to speak of them at all. But in some situations honesty is incompatible with silence.”
• “Heresy is a set of opinions "at variance with established or generally received principles." In this sense, heresy is the price of all originality and innovation.”
• “If it does not upset, it is not philosophy.”
• “The most obvious failure of organized religions is surely that almost all of them have made a mockery of what their founders taught.”
• “I agree with Paul that love is more important than faith and hope; but so are honesty, integrity, and moral courage. The world needs less faith and more love and nobility.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Walter

Family name

Kaufmann

Gender

male

Citizenship

Australia

Place of birth

Berlin

Place of death

Berlin

Spouse

Angela Brunner

Child

Deborah Kaufmann

Occupation

writer

Languages spoken

German

Native language

German

Award

Heinrich Mann Prize

Work location

Kleinmachnow

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