The Origins of the Philosophy of Symbolic Forms: Kant, Hegel, and Cassirer

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The Origins of the Philosophy of Symbolic Forms the origins of the philosophy of symbolic forms Kant, Hegel, and cassirer donald phillip verene northwestern university press evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu Copyright © 2011 by Donald Phillip Verene. Published 2011 by Northwestern University Press. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Verene, Donald Phillip, 1937– The origins of the philosophy of symbolic forms : Kant, Hegel, and Cassirer / Donald Phillip Verene. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8101-2778-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Cassirer, Ernst, 1874–1945. 2. Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804—Influence. 3. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831—Influence. 4. Symbolism. I. Title. B3216.C34V46 2011 193—dc22 2011017609 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. In memory of Herbert Spiegelberg professor, phenomenologist, and historian of the phenomenological movement (1904–1990) The truly symbolic is that in which the particular represents the universal, not as a dream and shadow, but as a living, instantaneous revelation of the inexplicable. —johann wolfgang von goethe ...