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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms - Three Volume Set (Hardcover)
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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms - Three Volume Set (Hardcover)
Series: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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Ernst Cassirer occupies a unique space in twentieth-century
philosophy. A great liberal humanist, his multi-faceted work spans
the history of philosophy, the philosophy of science, intellectual
history, aesthetics, epistemology, the study of language and myth,
and more. Cassirer's thought also anticipates the renewed interest
in the origins of analytic and continental philosophy in the
Twentieth Century and the divergent paths taken by the 'logicist'
and existential traditions, epitomised by his now legendary debate
in 1929 with the philosopher Martin Heidegger, over the question
"What is the Human Being?" The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is
Cassirer's most important work. It was first published in German in
1923, the third and final volume appearing in 1929. In it Cassirer
presents a radical new philosophical worldview - at once rich,
creative and controversial - of human beings as fundamentally
"symbolic animals", placing signs and systems of expression between
themselves and the world. This major new translation of all three
volumes, the first for over fifty years, brings Cassirer's magnum
opus to a new generation of students and scholars. Taken together,
the three volumes of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms are a vital
treatise on human beings as symbolic animals and a monumental
expression of neo-Kantian thought. Correcting important errors in
previous English editions, this translation reflects the
contributions of significant advances in Cassirer scholarship over
the last twenty to thirty years. Each volume includes a new
introduction and translator's notes by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword
by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and a thorough index.
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