“The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.” — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“Such is the strange situation in which modern philosophy finds itself. No former age was ever in such a favourable position with regard to… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.” — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god. — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“There is no remedy against this reversal of the natural order. Man cannot escape from his own achievement. He cannot but adopt the conditions… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“The form of observation , which underlines all speech and language development, always expresses a peculiar spiritual character , a special way of conceiving… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“Rousseau created a new responsibility for evil; neither God nor man but human society.” — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular,… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“...it would be a very naive sort of dogmatism to assume that there exists an absolute reality of things which is the same for… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
