Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464)
Autore di Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings
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Churchman, humanist, and philosopher, Nicholas of Cusa was born in Kues (Latin, Cusa), Germany, and educated at the famous school of the Brethren of the Common Life in Deventer, Holland. Following university training in philosophy, theology, and canon law, he began a career as a legal adviser to mostra altro church officials. He served on several important embassies as papal representative and was made a cardinal in 1448. Nicholas's philosophical works are characterized by their concern with the problem of knowledge. On Learned Ignorance (De Docta Ignorantia) and On Conjectures (De conjecturis), both written in 1440, emphasize the limitation placed on human reason by its need to extend its knowledge through a comparison of the unknown with the known. Since absolute precision can never be attained by a finite comparative power, the absolute truth is unattainable by rational means. Wisdom thus consists in recognizing the approximate, conjectural character of all rational theories, and Nicholas was hopeful that reflection on the limits of rational investigation would serve to banish dogmatism from philosophical and theological disputes. In his cosmological speculations, he asserted the indeterminacy of the physical universe, and hence denied that the earth could be located precisely at the center of the cosmos. He thus represents a step toward a more open-ended view of the universe. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Detail from the grave of Nicholas Cardinal of Cusa, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Photo by Werner B. Sendker / Wikimedia Commons.
Opere di Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa on God as not-other : a translation and an appraisal of De li non aliud (1979) 9 copie
Acerca de la Docta Ignorancia: Libro II: Lo Maximo Contracto O Universo (Coleccion Presencias Medievales) (Spanish… (2004) 6 copie
Acerca de la Docta Ignorancia: Libro I: Lo Maximo Absoluto (Coleccion Presencias Medievales) (Spanish Edition) (2003) 5 copie
Nicholas of Cusa's Debate with John Wenck: A Translation and an Appraisal of de Ignota Litteratura and Apologia Doctae… (1988) 2 copie
Acerca de la docta ignorancia. Libro III: Lo máximo absoluto y a la vez contracto. Edición bilingüe (2010) 2 copie
So spricht Nikolaus von Kues 2 copie
Der Laie über die Weisheit : der Auf der Grundlage des Textes kritischen Ausgabe neu übersetzt und mit Einleitung und… (1988) 2 copie
Sichtung des Alkorans = Cribratio Alkoran. Zweites und drittes Buch — Autore — 1 copia
De Deo Abscondito=Deus Escondido 1 copia
La vita e la morte 1 copia
Cusanus-Texte. 3, 4, Marginalien, Raimundus Lullus : die Exzerptensammlung aus Schriften des Raimundus Lullus (1999) 1 copia
Сочинения Т. 2 1 copia
De concordantia Catholica libri tres : Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius 1514 : Faksimiledruck 1 copia
Toward a New Council of Florence: 'On the Peace of Faith' and Other Works by Nicolaus of Cusa (2018) 1 copia
Сочинения. Т.1 1 copia
El juego de las esferas 1 copia
Der Laie über die Weisheit 1 copia
Philosophisch-theologische Schriften : Studien- und Jubiläumsausgabe lateinisch-deutsch; Band 1-3 1 copia
Az együgyű ember és a bölcsesség 1 copia
Cusano 1 copia
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- Kues, Nikolaus von
- Data di nascita
- 1401
- Data di morte
- 1464-08-11
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- Holy Roman Empire
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- Germany
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