The study of Cassirer's Humanistic Thought in An Essay on Man

Abstract

 For the study of Humanistic theory, there are many outstanding philosophers have elaborated, have their own unique insights, but the most prestigious from the German philosopher Cassirer, who answered the question of "what is man" in his book An essay on man, he creatively put forward the "man is a symbolic animal". He creatively proposed that "man is a symbolic animal". This is a great breakthrough in the theory of Western anthropology, which has also led to the further development of anthropological theory. This paper focuses on the development of Cassirer's theory of humanology and the far-reaching impact of humanology and theory on society. The essence of man lies in the fact that man is the journey of using symbols as a bridge of communication between man and culture and gradually emancipating man's mind. This paper specifies Cassirer's humanistic theory of man, symbol, and culture as one and evaluates his thought.