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Der Bildungswert der Kunst: Cassirer und Tolstoj


Back to issue: Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie 2009/2: Cassirer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28937/1000106525
EUR 14.90


In editing the hitherto unpublished works of Ernst Cassirer often new questions emerge. One of these questions is the following: Why does Cassirer mention Tolstoy in arguing about art as a symbolic form? By discussing the theoretical background of this question and the educational value of art a deeper insight on the relation of art and freedom will be the consequence.