The philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa : an introduction into his thinking / Pavel Floss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Floss, Pavel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.

Nicholas.

Physical Description:

350 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel : Schwabe Verlag, [2020]

Summary:

"Out of the broad variety of Cusanus' work, this book discusses six of his writings, careful not to isolate them from the whole of his work. It instead presents them against the maturation of Cusanus' thinking as it developed from his first sermons up to his shortest philosophical text De apice theoriae. The texts in question are De docta ignorantia, De coniecturis, Idiota de mente, De beryllo, Trialogus de possest and De apice theoriae. In the search for God, or rather in Cusanus' lifetime eff orts to have his spirit touch the fi rst principle and the basis of all things, new perspectives on the world and man within would open up for Cusanus. Respecting this basic intention of Cusanus' thinking, the author primarily deals with Cusanus' ontotheological (metaphysical) claims and, in their context, turns his attention to the cosmological, or anthropologico-gnoseological opinions."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. On some of the philosophical aspects of Nicholas' first two sermons

2. Infinity in Cusanus' sermons dating to the 1430s

3. De docta ignorantia

4. The intermezzo from the year 1440: The sermon Dies sanctificatus

5. De coniecturis

6. Panorama of Cusanus' work from De coniecturis to the beginning of the middle period

1. Notions on the dialogue Idiota de sapientia

2. Idiota de mente

3. Literary activity of the year 1453

4. De beryllo

1. The creativity of the summer of 1459

2. Trialogus de possest

3. Cusanus' philosophical writings from 1461 to 1463

4. Cusanus' final message: the dialogue De apice theoriae.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350).

Other Format:

PDF version

ISBN:

9783796541568

3796541569

9783796541957

379654195X

OCLC:

1156218685

Publisher Number:

99985016721