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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bayer, Thora Ilin, 1966-Cassirer’s Metaphysics of symbolic forms : a philosophical commentary / Thora Ilin Bayer ; with an introductory essay by Donald Phillip Verene.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-08331-9 (alk. paper) 1. Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. Philosophie der symbolischen Formen. t. 4. 2. Symbolism.3. Metaphysics.I. Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. Philosophie der symbolischen Formen. t. 4.II. Title.

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