论卡西尔的艺术本质观——艺术是人类感性符号形式的创造

On Cassirer's View of the Essence of Art——Art is the Creation of Symbol Form of Human Perceptual

德国哲学家恩斯特·卡西尔深刻地分析和批判了西方历史上流行的两种艺术本质观:模仿说和表现论,沿着康德艺术自律论的方向,提出艺术是"人类感性符号形式的创造",从一个全新的视角进一步推进了人类对艺术本质的认识。

The German philosopher Ernst ＆#183; Cassirer made a profound analysis about the view of the essence of art in the West-ern history：imitation and representation .As far as the Autonomy of Kant is concerned ,it proposes that the art is a “creative” sym-bolic form of human perceptual and from a new perspective it further promotes understanding of the nature of art .