An Essay on Man. An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT).- Berieben, besto�n, vergilbt, sonst gut. - PREFACE - PART I. WHAT IS MAN? - I. THE CRISIS IN MAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF HIMSELF II. A CLUE TO THE NATURE OF MAN : THE SYMBOL III. FROM ANIMAL REACTIONS TO HUMAN RESPONSES IV. THE HUMAN WORLD OF SPACE AND TIME V. FACTS AND IDEALS - PART II. MAN AND CULTURE - VI. THE DEFINITION OF MAN IN TERMS OF HUMAN CULTURE - VII. MYTH AND RELIGION VIII. LANGUAGE IX. AKT - X. HlSTORT - XI. SCIENCE XII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION - INDEX. - Ernst Cassirer, one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers, presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements. An Essay on Man is a vital and concise statement of his philosophy of culture, first formulated in his monumental Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1929). Drawing upon a wealth of scientific, anthropological, and historical data, Cassirer examines man's efforts to understand himself and to deal with the problems of his universe through the creation and use of symbols. He analyzes the major symbolic forms of human enterprise: Language, Myth, Art, Religion, History, and Science. He discusses such subjects as the origins of language, doctrines of aesthetics, Frazer's theory of magic, the religious significance of taboo, the play theory of art, and the place of Pythagoreanism in the evolution of science, and examines critically the symbolic implications of philosophic thought from Heraclitus to Kierkegaard and Einstein. An Essay on Man is a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis in our time, and a brilliant vindication of man's ability to resolve human problems by the courageous use of his mind. ISBN 0300000340