Ernst Cassirer : The Last Philosopher of Culture /

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This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassir...

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Main Author: Skidelsky, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945.
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's thought in its historical and intellectual setting. He presents Cassirer, the author of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, as a defender of the liberal ideal of culture in an increasingly fragmented world, and as someone who grappled with the opposing forces of scientific positivism and romantic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781400828944

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