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Ernst Cassirer
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Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy. Trained within the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science.
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Birth
1874
Death
1945
First book
1886
Years writing
55
Ernst Cassirer defined the human being as a symbolic animal, capable of creating its own reality through language and myth.
Trained in the rigorous Marburg School, he evolved from the philosophy of science toward an ambitious philosophy of culture.
His masterpiece, The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, is a fundamental pillar for understanding how we structure knowledge.
His encounter with Aby Warburg's library in Hamburg was decisive in integrating the study of art and myth into his thought.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote over 160 works exploring the complex relationship between language, mythology, and reason.