The Poets on the Classics: An Anthology of English Poets' Writings on the Classical Poets and Dramatists from Chaucer to the PresentErnst Cassirer occupies a unique space in Twentieth-century philosophy. A great liberal humanist, his multi-faceted work spans the history of philosophy, the philosophy of science, intellectual history, aesthetics, epistemology, the study of language and myth, and more. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Cassirer's most important work. It was first published in German in 1923, the third and final volume appearing in 1929. In it Cassirer presents a radical new philosophical worldview - at once rich, creative and controversial - of human beings as fundamentally "symbolic animals", placing signs and systems of expression between themselves and the world. This major new translation, the first for over fifty years, brings Cassirer's magnum opus to a new generation of students and scholars. Volume 2: Mythical Thought considers the role of myth in human thought and expression. Cassirer examines the main features of morphology of myth before tackling the relationship between myth and self-consciousness. He argues that human beings' experience of the world around them is charged with affective and emotional significance, as desirable or hateful, comforting or threatening. It is this type of meaning which underlies mythical consciousness and explains its disregard for the distinction between appearance and reality. From mythical thought religion and art develop, Cassirer argues, making the mythical view of the world the earliest form of philosophical expression. Correcting important errors in previous English editions, this translation reflects the contributions of significant advances in Cassirer scholarship over the last twenty to thirty years. Each volume includes a new introduction and translator's notes by S. G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and a thorough index. |
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... Aristophanes Although Aristophanes has had his admirers among the English poets and dramatists , his influence on them has usually been incidental and occasional only . His followers are to be found mainly among the seventeenth ...
... Aristophanes ' gaiety , satire , and buffoonery were undervalued . Moreover , his obscenity was disliked : Swift , accounting him ' too vicious and profane ' in ' A Letter to the Reverend Dr Sheridan ' , is representative . The most ...
... Aristophanes , Prompt to the rescue , puts forth solemn hand , Singles us out the tragic tree's best branch , Persuades it groundward and , at tip ... Aristophanes . - Catullus The various areas of the diverse collection of 883 Aristophanes.