Reprint of the 1946 ed., published by Harper and Brothers
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Includes bibliographical references and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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by Ernst Cassirer ; translated by Susanne K. Langer
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The place of language and myth in the pattern of human culture -- The evolution of religious ideas -- Language and conception -- Word magic -- The successive phases of religious thought -- The power of metaphor