Ernst Cassirer

“Such is the strange situation in which modern philosophy finds itself. No former age was ever in such a favourable position with…

— Ernst Cassirer

“The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.”

— Ernst Cassirer

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.

— Ernst Cassirer

“There is no remedy against this reversal of the natural order. Man cannot escape from his own achievement. He cannot but adopt…

— Ernst Cassirer

Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives…

— Ernst Cassirer

“The form of observation , which underlines all speech and language development, always expresses a peculiar spiritual character , a special way…

— Ernst Cassirer

We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of…

— Ernst Cassirer

“Rousseau created a new responsibility for evil; neither God nor man but human society.”

— Ernst Cassirer

Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make…

— Ernst Cassirer

“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and…

— Ernst Cassirer

To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which…

— Ernst Cassirer

“...it would be a very naive sort of dogmatism to assume that there exists an absolute reality of things which is the…

— Ernst Cassirer

“Absolute trust in the reality of things begins to be shaken as the problem of truth enters upon the scene. The moment…

— Ernst Cassirer

There is a conceptual depth as well as a purely visual depth. The first is discovered by science; the second is revealed…

— Ernst Cassirer