The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms

Volume 4: The Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms

Ernst Cassirer, John Michael Krois, Donald Phillip Verene , John Michael Krois (Teacher of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)

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German

Yale University
21 January 1998

Semiotics & semiology; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

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At his death in 1945, the influential German philosopher Ernst Cassirer left manuscripts for the fourth and final volume of his magnum opus, The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. John Michael Krois and Donald Phillip Verene have edited these writings and translated them into English for the first time, bringing to completion Cassirer's major treatment of the concept of symbolic form.

Ernst Cassirer believed that all the forms of representation that human beings use-language, myth, art, religion, history, science-are symbolic, and the concept of symbolic forms was the basis of his thinking on these subjects. In this volume, which contains one text written in 1928 and another in about 1940, Cassirer presents the metaphysics that is implicit in his epistemology and phenomenology of culture. The earlier text grounds the philosopher's conception of symbolic forms on a notion of human nature that makes a general distinction between Geist (mind) and life. In the later text, he discusses Basis Phenomena, an original concept not mentioned in any of his previous works, and he compares his own viewpoint with those of other modern philosophers, notably Bergson and Heidegger.

By: Ernst Cassirer
Edited by: John Michael Krois, Donald Phillip Verene
Translated by: John Michael Krois (Teacher of Philosophy Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780300074338
ISBN 10: 0300074336
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 21 January 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active