In this book, a particular interpretation of specific cultural symbolic organisations is provided within the context of Critical theory, its negative dialectics and philosophical diplomacy. We will use the vocabulary of Ernst Cassirer and Susan Langer when we talk about the symbols, their formulas, constellations or forms, and symbolic thinking and functions of such thinking. Cassirer’s conceptualisation of the forms of symbolic thinking are derived from his neo-Kantian ideas about mathematics and geometry, formulas and functions; however, his thought evolves when discussing philosophy and poetry. An exemplar of a symbolic formula can be Goethe’s Faust’s expression “Stay a while, you are so beautiful” (“Verweile doch! Du bist so schön!”). Central heroes—symbols of the poem—are Mephistopheles and Faust, but the formula is the significant expression. In order to comprehend this formula, one must read Goethe’s entire poem to discern its functionality in the German culture. The poem, in its totality, can be regarded as a symbolic organisation, with the symbolic formula defining the form and function of the idea, both within the text and externally—in social-cultural world, serving as a metaphor. However, in his subsequent work, Doctor Faustus, Thomas Mann introduced changes to both the formula and the form and function. Miguel de Cervantes, in his Don Quixote of La Mancha, created a different formula, expressed through his imaginary struggle with the giants—the mills—and through his love for the peasant woman—the beautiful Lady Dulcinea del Toboso. There are many such central formulas and functions that shape culture, which can be approached from various theoretical perspectives, including literary analysis, philosophical interpretation, and Critical theory.