The Myth of the StateA great contemporary German philosopher attacks the explosive problem of political myth in our day, and reveals how the myth of the state evolved from primitive times to prepare the way for the rise of the modern totalitarian state. "A brilliant survey of some of the major texts in the history of political theory."—Kenneth Burke, The Nation. |
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ophy | 97 |
Theories of the State | 163 |
mantic Critics | 176 |
Carlyle | 189 |
From Hero Worship to Race Worship | 224 |
Hegel | 248 |
The Technique of the Modern Political Myths | 277 |
Conclusion | 297 |
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According Aristotle Augustine became become beginning Carlyle Carlyle's Cassirer Centenary century Cesare Borgia chap character Christian civilization conception culture declared Descartes divine doctrine elements emotions empirical English trans entirely Essays ethical expression fact feeling Fichte French Revolution Friedrich Schlegel fundamental give Gobineau Goethe Greek Hegel hero worship Hugo Grotius ideal ideas Idem individual intellectual interest judgment Kant knowledge language Lect logical Machia Machiavelli magic man's means medieval metaphysical method mind modern moral mythical thought mythology nation nature never Novalis object origin Petrus Damiani philosophy of history physical Plato political thought primitive Prince principle problem race reality reason regarded religion religious Renaissance Republic romantic Sartor Sartor Resartus says seems sense social Socrates soul speak spirit spoke Stoic things thinkers Thomas Aquinas tion true truth understand unity universal whole writers
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Page 92 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 118 - to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Page 202 - I then said, that the Fraction of Life can be increased in value not so much by increasing your Numerator as by lessening your Denominator. Nay, unless my Algebra deceive me, Unity itself divided by Zero will give Infinity. Make thy claim of wages a zero, then; thou hast the world under thy feet. Well did the Wisest of our time write: ' It is only with Renunciation (Entsagen) that Life, properly speaking, can be said to begin.
Page 177 - Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.
Page 53 - The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the 10 interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content.
Page 87 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 27 - My theory, on the contrary, is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion. Common sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a bear, are frightened and run; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect...
Page 130 - MY purpose is to set forth a very new science dealing with a very ancient subject. There is, in nature, perhaps nothing older than motion, concerning which the books written by philosophers are neither few nor small; nevertheless, I have discovered by experiment some properties of it which are worth knowing and which have not hitherto been either observed or demonstrated.
Page 205 - A certain inarticulate Self-consciousness dwells dimly in us; which only our Works can render articulate and decisively discernible. Our Works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible Precept, Know thyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, Know what thou canst work at.
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| Titre | The Myth of the State Volume 33 de The Yale paperbounds |
| Auteur | Ernst Cassirer |
| Rédacteur | Charles William Hendel |
| Collaborateurs | Charles William Hendel, Yale University Press |
| Édition | illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Yale University Press, 1946 |
| ISBN | 0300000367, 9780300000368 |
| Longueur | 303 pages |
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