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Ernst Cassirer
Birth date: July 28, 1874
Died: April 13, 1945
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Philosophy
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 10 years ago
It's easy to see why this book is considered a classic today. It was originally written in 1933 and most writers and lecturers of the Enlightenment have obviously read it because it's easy to spot this book's influence in their expositions.The author divides philosophical thought into each of its d...
AC
AC rated it 14 years ago
A superb book - Cassirer at his best - on the philosophy of science and realism and the philosophical revolution of the 19th/early 20th cen.
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 24 years ago
Cassirer argued that the Enlightenment needs to be understood in terms of depth, not breadth and unity of ideas.He also offers an important reminder that our contemporary use of the term "reason" is far more limited than what Enlightenment thinkers meant when they discussed the concept.
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