Home›Sources›Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, AntichristSourcesNietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, AntichristWalter Kaufmann, Princeton University Press, 1950Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nietzsche-philosopher-psychologist-antichrist-kaufmann-1950.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nietzsche-philosopher-psychologist-antichrist-kaufmann-1950Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-nietzsche-philosopher-psychologist-antic, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nietzsche-philosopher-psychologist-antichrist-kaufmann-1950}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXWalter Kaufmanns 1950 study, the mid-century work that reintroduced Nietzsche to English-language philosophy as a serious systematic thinker rather than a proto-fascist aphorist. Its chapter on the overman and eternal recurrence set the now-dominant scholarly reading of the recurrence doctrine as an ethical test of life-affirmation rather than a literal cosmological claim.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (14 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: a scholarly monograph from an academic press (Princeton University Press, 1950), by Walter Kaufmann, the same translator whose Nietzsche editions anchor Anglophone scholarship, and the study that established the now-dominant reading of eternal recurrence used throughout this atlas.NotesWell-attestedThe standard scholarly study anchoring the modern debate over how literally to read Nietzsches unpublished cosmological notes on eternal recurrence against the ethical test his published books present; chapter Overman and Eternal Recurrence, pages 307 to 334.CitationAuthorWell-attestedWalter KaufmannPublisherWell-attestedPrinceton University PressPublication YearWell-attested1950Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographSourcesNietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichristtier 1Walter Kaufmann, Princeton University Press, 1950Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds.Disposition By TopicDoctrines, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 1 holds.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Well-attested10DoctrinesNietzsche's Eternal RecurrenceSourcesNietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, AntichristScholarly debate3DoctrinesNietzsche's Eternal RecurrenceHolds1DoctrinesNietzsche's Eternal RecurrenceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year