Ernst Cassirer Knihy

Kniha je jedním ze zakladatelských děl tzv. filosofie kultury, patří k nejvýznamnějším filosofickým spisům 20. století vůbec.

Exploring the significance of myth in human thought and expression, this volume delves into how mythical frameworks shape our understanding of the world. Cassirer's influential work offers a profound analysis of symbolic forms, emphasizing the interplay between myth and culture. This new translation makes his insights accessible to contemporary students and scholars, ensuring that his contributions to philosophy continue to resonate.

The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Cassirer's most important work. This major new translation brings his magnum opus to a new generation of students and scholars. Volume 3: The Phenomenology of Knowledge is an exploration of epistemology, perception and consciousness across the human sciences

Focusing on the intricate relationship between human language and symbolic expression, this major work by Cassirer delves into the nature of language as a foundational system of communication. The new translation makes this essential text accessible for contemporary students and scholars, highlighting its significance in the study of philosophy and symbolism. Volume 1 serves as a critical exploration of how language shapes human experience and understanding.

Exploring the intricate relationships between philosophy, language, art, and science, Ernst Cassirer delves into the contributions of influential thinkers such as Leonardo, Galileo, Pico della Mirandola, and Giordano Bruno. This classic work highlights the interconnectedness of human thought and creativity, emphasizing how these elements shape our understanding of the cosmos and individual existence.

In this classic work of intellectual history, Ernst Cassirer provides both a cogent synthesis and a penetrating analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the diverse strands of thought of this period, he shows how Enlightenment philosophers drew upon the ideas of the preceding centuries even while radically transforming them to fit the modern world. In Cassirer's view, the Enlightenment liberated philosophy from the realm of pure thought and restored it to its true place as an active and creative force through which knowledge of the world is achieved. In a new foreword, Peter Gay considers The Philosophy of the Enlightenment in the context in which it was written--Germany in 1932, on the precipice of the Nazi seizure of power and one of the greatest assaults on the ideals of the Enlightenment. He also argues that Cassirer's work remains a trenchant defense against enemies of the Enlightenment in the twenty-first century.