Ernst Cassirer - Philosophy of The Enlightenment

Philosophy of The Enlightenment

Cassirer believed that reason's self-realization leads to human liberation. Mazlish (2000) however notes that Cassirer in his "The Philosophy of the Enlightenment" (1932) focuses exclusively on ideas, ignoring the political and social context in which they were produced.

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