"The freedom of man is, in political terms, the presence of a form of life that is simple and informal."
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About Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) was a German philosopher and Jewish scholar. He is known for his work in the philosophy of symbolic forms, where he argued that human culture and language are symbolic in nature. Cassirer's ideas focused on how humans create and interpret symbols to understand the world around them. He was a prominent figure in the Neo-Kantian movement and had a significant influence on 20th-century philosophy.
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