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This entry focuses on the Renaissance philosophy scholarship of German Neo-Kantian philosopher of culture Ernst Cassirer. The contents of his book-length contributions to Renaissance philosophy are summarized, as are his essay contributions to the field of scholarship. The motives of Cassirer’s Renaissance philosophy research are highlighted, as are his original theses in the field of study. The entry also focuses on Cassirer’s formative influences in the historiography of Renaissance philosophy and his impact on subsequent generations of intellectual thinkers.
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Cassirer, Ernst. 1942a. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: A study in the history of Renaissance ideas. Journal of the History of Ideas 3(1): 123–144.
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Garlitz, D. (2022). Cassirer, Ernst. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_1112
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