Mazlish ( 2000 ) however notes that Cassirer in his The Philosophy of the Enlightenment ( 1932 ) focuses exclusively on ideas , ignoring the political and social context in which they were produced .
Cassirer believed that reason 's self - realization leads to human liberation .
Mazlish ( 2000 ) however notes that Cassirer in Cassirer 's The Philosophy of the Enlightenment ( 1932 ) focuses exclusively on ideas , ignoring the political and social context in which they were produced .
Cassirer believed that reason 's self - realization leads to human liberation .