Cover illustration: The Tower of Babel, 1600, artwork by Marten van Valcken.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Esparza, Gustavo author
Title: The universal form of the singular : the early philosophy of Ernst Cassirer (1899-1917) / by Gustavo Esparza.
Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2026] | Series: New research in the history of Western philosophy, 2949-9518 ; 11 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: âThis book examines the philosophical foundations on which Cassirer bases the central themes of his thought, namely function and the symbolic, establishing as the core inquiry the way in which knowledge of the singular is made possible. Through an exploration of works published between 1898 and 1917, it is argued that knowledge is constituted as a relationship between unity and a general form that enables the designation of a phenomenon as an object of knowledge. The justification that the universal is the foundation of the singular can be achieved through Cassirerâs philosophy, while also providing a fundamental reason for studying his early philosophical periodââ Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025030254 (print) | LCCN 2025030255 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004727731 hardback | ISBN 9789004741126 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945
Classification: LCC B3216.C34 E87 2026 (print) | LCC B3216.C34 (ebook)
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025030254
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025030255
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ISSN 2949-9518
ISBN 978-90-04-72773-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-74112-6 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004741126
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