Kaufmann also employed Nietzsche to address what he regarded as the impoverished status of philosophy in midcentury American life. In his estimation, the “parting of the ways” in transatlantic philosophy that split continental European and English-speaking philosophers into two antagonistic groups hampered the proper reception of Nietzsche in American universities and damaged moral inquiry in general.7 Rather than ascribe Nietzsche to either the Continental or the Anglo-analytic tradition, Kaufmann sought to extend the reach of Nietzsche’s significance by demonstrating how his philosophy
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