1971 年 1971 巻 24 号 p. 1-13
In E. Cassirer's Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (Philosophie der symbolischen Formen) meaning constitutes reality in coexistence with the sensible.
The symbolic act possesses three forms, i.e. expression, intuition and concept; the mythical as an act of expression comprehends reality as the world of quality. In contemporary intellectual life, the tendency of giving free rein to the mythical must be deplored However, the mythical as a means of expression for a child in its state of development opens up important research topics.