Zapffe first set out his ideas in Den sidste Messias (en. "The Last Messiah") (1933); later a more systematic defence was given in his philosophical treatise "Om det tragiske" (en. "On the tragic") (1941).
Zapffe first set out his ideas in Den sidste Messias (en. "The Last Messiah") (1933). Later Zapffe gave a more systematic defence in his philosophical treatise "Om det tragiske" (en. "On the tragic") (1941).