5+ Ernst Cassirer Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Ernst Cassirer quotes and sayings.

Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe. But he must give up this vain pretense, this petty provincial way of thinking and judging. — Ernst Cassirer

Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the promise and prospect of a transcendent world - far beyond the limits of our human experience - and it remains human, all too human. — Ernst Cassirer

To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find a new world. — Ernst Cassirer

We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious belief seems to become mere superstitious credulity if we admit any relationship with magic. On the other hand our anthropological and ethnographical material makes it extremely difficult to separate the two fields. — Ernst Cassirer

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god. — Ernst Cassirer