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عنوان مقاله [English]
In modern times, the Neo-Kantian philosophy of Ernst Cassirer is the
most significant attempt to construct a philosophy of myth as an
integral part of the philosophy of religion. His most elaborated
definition of myth can be found in the second volume of his
Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. According to this book, myth is a
symbolic form that maintains unity of the word and being, the signifier
and the signified, it yet still retains itself in the developing structure
and, by the use of symbols and signs, it shapes the foundation of
religion. Myth and religion, therefore, represent the fundamental
tendency toward symbolic formation. In other words, they constitute
the basis of a metaphor that lies at the heart of all forms of symbolic
function.
This essay surveys the nature of myth, the characteristics of
mythic–religious though and the role of time and place in the
development of the mythology. It also deals with the relation between
language and myth and tries to give an account of the interrelationship
between myth and religion.
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