In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account.
Walter KaufmannAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: July 1, 1921
- Died: September 4, 1980
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