The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy

by Ernst Cassirer, Mario Domandi (Translator)

Overview

The Individual and the Cosmos has long been regarded as a classic in its field. Ernst Cassirer here examines the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science, along with the great thinkers of the period-from Leonardo and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621385189
Publisher:	Angelico Press
Publication date:	03/12/2020
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	773,020
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

ERNST CASSIRER (1874-1945) was a philosopher and historian of philosophy. He taught at Friedrich Wilhelm University and the University of Hamburg, where he was Leo Strauss's dissertation advisor, before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1933. In exile, he lectured at Oxford, Sweden's Gothenburg University, Yale, and Columbia. His better-known works include the three-volume Philosophy of Symbolic Forms and The Myth of the State.

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction

Letter of Dedication to A. Warburg

1. Nicholas Cusanus

2. Cusanus in Italy

3. Freedom and Necessity in the Philosophy of the Renaissance

4. The Subject-Object Problem in the Philosophy of the Renaissance

Editorial Reviews

<:st> Cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed./> and considered a classic in its field, this volume by Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) is a reprint of a book originally translated from German and published by Harper & Row, New York, 1963. It describes the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science in the thought of Renaissance thinkers Da Vinci, Galileo, Giordano Bruno, and Pico della Mirandola, among others. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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