Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private life the standard… — 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 the sources of our knowledge of human nature. Psychology, ethnology, anthropology, and history have amassed an astoundingly rich and constantly increasing body of facts. Our technical instruments for observation and experimentation have been immensely improved, and… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share
“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 of his own life. No longer in a merely physical universe, man lives in a symbolic universe. Language, myth, art, and religion are parts of this universe. They are the varied threads which weave the symbolic… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share
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
