Cassirer, Ernst 1874-1945

An essay on man; an introduction to a philosophy of human culture by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
106 editions published between 1944 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the twentieth centuryʹs greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of manʹs cultural achievements. An Essay on Man is an original synthesis of contemporary knowledge, a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis of our time, and a brilliant vindication of manʹs ability to resolve human problems by the courageous use of his mind. What the thinkers of the past have thought of the human race, what can be said of its art, language, and capacities for good and evil in the light of modern knowledge are discussed by a great philosopher who had a profound experience of the past and of his own time. -- from http://yalepress.yale.edu (Sep. 5, 2011)

The Renaissance philosophy of man : selections in translation by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
76 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Covers major thinkers of the early Italian Renaissance through English translations of some of their more important works

The philosophy of the enlightenment by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
52 editions published between 1951 and 2009 in English and held by 2,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The present book aims to be both more and less than a monograph on the philosophy of the Enlightenment. It is much less, for the primary task of such monograph would be to offer the reader a wealth of detail and to trace the genesis and development of all the special problems of this philosophy

The myth of the state by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
88 editions published between 1946 and 1983 in 3 languages and held by 2,177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Language and myth by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
40 editions published between 1946 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,939 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Six essays which analyze the non-national thought processes that influence culture

The philosophy of symbolic forms by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
58 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The symbolic form has long been considered by many who knew it in the original German as the greatest of Ernst Cassirer's works. Into it he poured all the resources of his vast learning about language, myth, religion, art, and science- the various creative symbolizing activities and constructions through which man has expressed himself and given intelligible objective form to his experience

The individual and the cosmos in Renaissance philosophy by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
37 editions published between 1963 and 2010 in English and German and held by 1,737 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This provocative volume, one of the most important interpretive works on the philosophical thought of the Renaissance, has long been regarded as a classic in its field. Ernst Cassirer here examines the changes brewing in the early stages of the Renaissance, tracing the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science; the newfound recognition of individual consciousness; and the great thinkers of the period - from da Vinci and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno. The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy discusses the importance of fifteenth-century philosopher Nicholas Cusanus, the concepts of freedom and necessity, and the subject-object problem in Renaissance thought."--pub. desc

Rousseau, Kant, Goethe; two essays by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
50 editions published between 1945 and 1982 in 3 languages and held by 1,558 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
46 editions published between 1954 and 1989 in English and German and held by 1,550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The logic of the humanities by Ernst Cassirer ( Book )
30 editions published between 1916 and 1974 in English and German and held by 1,353 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ernst Cassirer, one of the foremost philosophers of this century, analyzes the basic concepts that underlie our art, our knowledge of history, and our disciplined knowledge of human nature. This philosophy of culture is a key to deeper understanding of the forms of art and aesthetic expression