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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... hand or through excerpts in one of the numerous medieval books of learning . Despite his references to Juvenal , Lucan and other more minor classical writers , they were little more than names to him : reputations were more accessible ...
... hand The Lesbian patriot ' strikes the sounding chords : Ye wretches , ye perfidious train , Ye cursed of gods and free - born men , Ye murderers of the laws , Though now ye glory in your lust , Though now ye tread the feeble neck in ...
... hands wrung ; Saw the Lesbians kissing across their smitten Lutes with lips more sweet than the sound of lute - strings , Mouth to mouth and hand upon hand , her chosen , Fairer than all men ; Only saw the beautiful lips and fingers ...