Patronage in ancient society
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Patronage in ancient society
（Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society, v. 1）
Routledge, 1989
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Includes bibliographies and indexes
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Description
Ernst 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 1: Language is a fascinating examination of arguably the most fundamental of these systems of expression: human language. Cassirer traces the problem of language and expression far back in the history of philosophy, considering the work of the early Greek rationalists. He then examines the later empiricist tradition, up to the romantic tradition in the nineteenth century tackling fundamental questions about representation, signification and expression as well as language and conceptual thought in mathematics and science.
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.
Table of Contents
Foreword Peter E. Gordon
Translator’s Preface S. G. Lofts
Translator’s Introduction: The Question Concerning the Human – Life, Form, and Freedom: On the Way to an Open Cosmopolitanism S. G. Lofts
Translator’s Acknowledgements S. G. Lofts
Preface
Introduction and the Framing of the Problem
1. The Problem of Language in the History of Philosophy
2. Language in the Phase of Sensible Expression
3. Language in the Phase of Intuitive Expression
4. Language as the Expression of Conceptual Thinking – The Form of the Linguistic Formation of Concept and Class
5. Language and the Expression of the Pure Forms of Relation – The Sphere of Judgment and the Concepts of Relation [Relation].
Glossary of Terms
Index of Proper Names
General Index
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