Cassirer's Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms: A Philosophical Commentary
200135358Cumberland Rhode Island U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0300083319 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED - - pages -- DESCRIPTION: This book the first commentary on Ernst Cassirer's The Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms provides an introduction to the metaphysical views that underlie the philosopher's conceptions of symbolic form and human culture. Thora Ilin Bayer focuses on the meaning of Cassirer's claim that philosophy is not itself a symbolic form but the thought around which all aspects of human activity are seen as a whole. Underlying the symbolic forms are Cassirer's two metaphysical principles Spirit Geist and Life which interact to produce the reality of the human world. Bayer shows how these two principles of Cassirer's early philosophy are connected to the phenomenology of his later philosophy which is focused on his conception of "basis phenomena"self will and work. Ultimately Cassirer conceives his philosophy as a form of the ancient Socratic quest for human self-knowledge wherein the self makes its own nature through the power of symbolism to create the distinctively human works that constitute culture. -- with a bonus offer-- . Yale Univ Pr hardcover
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