PHILOSOPHER
Ernst Cassirer
1874 - 1945
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Alfred Cassirer ( kah-SEER-ər, kə-; German: [ˈɛʁnst kaˈsiːʁɐ]; July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German philosopher. Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science. After Cohen's death in 1918, Cassirer developed a theory of symbolism and used it to expand phenomenology of knowledge into a more general philosophy of culture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Cassirer has received more than 475,197 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ernst Cassirer is the 129th most popular philosopher (up from 155th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Poland (up from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Philosopher.
Ernst Cassirer is most famous for his philosophy of symbolic forms. He believes that there are three stages of human thought, the mythical, the classical, and the modern. The mythical stage is characterized by the idea that things are alive and have a soul. The classical stage is characterized by the idea that things are inanimate and don't have a soul. The modern stage is characterized by the idea that things are made of atoms and molecules and have no soul.
Memorability Metrics
480k
Page Views (PV)
71.93
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
51
Languages Editions (L)
15.28
Effective Languages (L*)
2.13
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Ernst Cassirer ranks 129 out of 1,267. Before him are John Venn, Ramon Llull, Bonaventure, Philo, Joseph Priestley, and Hans-Georg Gadamer. After him are Marsilio Ficino, Friedrich Fröbel, Swami Vivekananda, Isocrates, Zygmunt Bauman, and Baron d'Holbach.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 123
Ramon Llull
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 124
Bonaventure
1221 - 1274
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 125
Philo
15 BC - 45
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 126
Joseph Priestley
1733 - 1804
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 127
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 128
Ernst Cassirer
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 129
Marsilio Ficino
1433 - 1499
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 130
Friedrich Fröbel
1782 - 1852
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 131
Swami Vivekananda
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 132
Isocrates
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 133
Zygmunt Bauman
1925 - 2017
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 134
Baron d'Holbach
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 135
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1874, Ernst Cassirer ranks 9. Before him are Guglielmo Marconi, Harry Houdini, Arnold Schoenberg, Herbert Hoover, Howard Carter, and Chaim Weizmann. After him are Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Edward Thorndike, Gertrude Stein, Alexander Kolchak, and António Egas Moniz. Among people deceased in 1945, Ernst Cassirer ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Goebbels, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann, Béla Bartók, Fedor von Bock, and Anton Webern. After him are Walter Model, Subhas Chandra Bose, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Magda Goebbels, Paul Valéry, and Heinrich Müller.
Others Born in 1874
Go to all RankingsGuglielmo Marconi
INVENTOR
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 3
Harry Houdini
MAGICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 4
Arnold Schoenberg
COMPOSER
1874 - 1951
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 5
Herbert Hoover
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 6
Howard Carter
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1874 - 1939
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 7
Chaim Weizmann
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1952
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 8
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 9
Johannes Stark
PHYSICIST
1874 - 1957
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 10
Max Scheler
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1928
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 11
Edward Thorndike
PSYCHOLOGIST
1874 - 1949
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 12
Gertrude Stein
WRITER
1874 - 1946
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 13
Alexander Kolchak
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1920
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 14
António Egas Moniz
PHYSICIAN
1874 - 1955
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 15
Others Deceased in 1945
Go to all RankingsJoseph Goebbels
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1945
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 6
Eva Braun
COMPANION
1912 - 1945
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 7
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 8
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 9
Fedor von Bock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 10
Anton Webern
COMPOSER
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 11
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 12
Walter Model
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1945
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 13
Subhas Chandra Bose
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 14
Thomas Hunt Morgan
BIOLOGIST
1866 - 1945
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 15
Magda Goebbels
COMPANION
1901 - 1945
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 16
Paul Valéry
WRITER
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 17
Heinrich Müller
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 18
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Ernst Cassirer ranks 29 out of 1,694. Before him are Janusz Korczak (1878), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Fedor von Bock (1880), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Eric of Pomerania (1381), and Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902). After him are Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Günther von Kluge (1882), and Andrzej Wajda (1926).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsJanusz Korczak
WRITER
1878 - 1942
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 23
Lech Kaczyński
POLITICIAN
1949 - 2010
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 24
Fedor von Bock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 25
Władysław IV Vasa
POLITICIAN
1595 - 1648
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 26
Eric of Pomerania
PIRATE
1381 - 1459
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 27
Isaac Bashevis Singer
WRITER
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 28
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 29
Henryk Sienkiewicz
WRITER
1846 - 1916
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 30
Zygmunt Bauman
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 2017
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 31
Yitzhak Shamir
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2012
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 32
Sigismund II Augustus
POLITICIAN
1520 - 1572
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 33
Günther von Kluge
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 34
Andrzej Wajda
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2016
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 35
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland
Among philosophers born in Poland, Ernst Cassirer ranks 3. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer (1788), and Johann Gottfried Herder (1744). After him are Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Christian Wolff (1679), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Jakob Böhme (1575), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), and Heinrich Rickert (1863).
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788 - 1860
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 1
Johann Gottfried Herder
1744 - 1803
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 2
Ernst Cassirer
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 3
Zygmunt Bauman
1925 - 2017
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 4
Christian Wolff
1679 - 1754
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 5
Friedrich Schleiermacher
1768 - 1834
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 6
Jakob Böhme
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 7
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 8
Alfred Tarski
1901 - 1983
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 9
Günther Anders
1902 - 1992
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 10
Paul Tillich
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 11
Heinrich Rickert
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 12