Giving Quote by Ernst Cassirer

“Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.” quote by Ernst Cassirer — Download Open image

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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