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Brill's Companion to Nicholas of Cusa (1401â1464)
Nicolaus Cusanus and His Contributions to Philosophy, Theology, Mathematics and Science â Historical Contexts and Relevance for Today
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Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus), the 15th-century church lawyer, bishop, and cardinal, fascinates up to this day as an independent mind. His original scholarly work emerges from a critical distance to the scholastic universities of his age. At the same time his writing is inspired by thorough knowledge of theological, philosophical and spiritual traditions and by acquaintance with the mathematical and scientific innovations of his age and the practical upheavals of his time. Eight original contributions to the volume provide an up-to-date introduction to the relevant historical contexts of Cusanusâ works and to Cusanusâ significance for contemporary thought. Moreover, a bio-bibliographical introduction facilitates the access to the resources that are available for study and research on this extraordinary scholar and his multifaceted work today.
Arne Moritz, Senior Lecturer, Seminar für Philosophie, Philosophische Fakultät I, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Preface
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
1 Philosophy in the Fifteenth Century
Cusanus and Late Medieval Scholasticism
âMaarten J.F.M. Hoenen
2 Nicholas of Cusaâs Aristotelian Platonism
âMarkus Führer and Isabelle Mandrella
3 Cusanus within Mysticism
Christian-Platonic and Hermetic Traditions
âPasquale Arfé and Stefanie Frost
4 From Heaven to Earth
Nicholas of Cusa as Scientist and Mathematician
âMarco Böhlandt and Harald Schwaetzer
5 Alterity and Nicholas of Cusaâs Holisms of Being, Knowledge, and Practice
âArne Moritz
6 Visual Knowledge
Aesthetics and Metaphysics in Nicholas of Cusa
âInigo M.K. Bocken
7 Plurality as a Challenge to Rationality
Cusanusâ Strive for Concordance and Peace
âMarkus Riedenauer
8 Mystagogy after the Displacement of Modern Science and Culture
Looking Back to Post-Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa
âJohannes Hoff
9 Nicholas of Cusa (1401â1464)
A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
âArne Moritz
Index of Works
Index of Persons and Places
Index of Subjects
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Part 1 Historical Dimensions
1 Philosophy in the Fifteenth Century
Cusanus and Late Medieval Scholasticism
âMaarten J.F.M. Hoenen
2 Nicholas of Cusaâs Aristotelian Platonism
âMarkus Führer and Isabelle Mandrella
3 Cusanus within Mysticism
Christian-Platonic and Hermetic Traditions
âPasquale Arfé and Stefanie Frost
4 From Heaven to Earth
Nicholas of Cusa as Scientist and Mathematician
âMarco Böhlandt and Harald Schwaetzer
Part 2 Systematical Perspectives
5 Alterity and Nicholas of Cusaâs Holisms of Being, Knowledge, and Practice
âArne Moritz
6 Visual Knowledge
Aesthetics and Metaphysics in Nicholas of Cusa
âInigo M.K. Bocken
7 Plurality as a Challenge to Rationality
Cusanusâ Strive for Concordance and Peace
âMarkus Riedenauer
8 Mystagogy after the Displacement of Modern Science and Culture
Looking Back to Post-Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa
âJohannes Hoff
Part 3
9 Nicholas of Cusa (1401â1464)
A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
âArne Moritz
Index of Works
Index of Persons and Places
Index of Subjects
The volume addresses students at all levels and scholars from philosophy, theology, history of science, art history and history of ideas, broadly conceived. It provides an up-to-date introduction that combines historical approaches to the theoretical and spiritual traditions most relevant for Cusanusâ thought (Scholastic, Platonism, Aristotelianism, Mysticism, Hermetic Tradition, Renaissance Mathematics and Science) with systematic approaches. The latter address the relevance of Nicholasâ work for contemporary thought on holism in theory and practice, on the metaphysics of visual perception and aesthetics, on plurality in religion and culture and on the concepts of modernity and postmodernity.