It may supply additional motives for being moral and for not being immoral.

Instead, he is using “faith” to describe the attitude of a person who cares intensely yet has “sufficient interest to concern himself with issues, facts and arguments that have a vital bearing on what he believes.” Kauffman argues that there are at least two types of faith: the faith of the true believer and the faith of a heretic.Ĭannot be based on religion, religion can be used to help prop it up. When Kaufman speaks of “faith,” he is not referring to close-minded beliefs that contravene evidence. In this sense, heresy is the price of all originality and innovation. Heresy is a set of opinions at variance with established or generally received principles. What is a “heretic”? According to Kaufmann: After re-reading portions of this work recently, I was again impressed. Back in the 1970’s, I found the Faith of a Heretic to be well-written and, at many points, inspirational. Walter Kaufmann is well-known as a translator of virtually all of Nietzsche’s works. The book is currently out of print, though I have retained my copy. Back in the late 1970s, I found a copy of a book called The Faith of a Heretic, by Walter Kaufmann.

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