Reading Cusanus: Metaphor and Dialectic in a Conjectural Universe
This book presents careful readings of six of the most important theoretical works of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1463). Though Nicholas' writings have long been studied as either scholastic Aristotelian or proto-Kantian, Clyde Lee Miller locates Cusanus squarely in the Christian Neoplatonic tradition. He demonstrates how Nicholas worked out his own original synthesis of that tradition by fashioning a conjectural view of main categories of Christian thought: God, the universe, Jesus Christ, and...
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This book presents careful readings of six of the most important theoretical works of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1463). Though Nicholas' writings have long been studied as either scholastic Aristotelian or proto-Kantian, Clyde Lee Miller locates Cusanus squarely in the Christian Neoplatonic tradition. He demonstrates how Nicholas worked out his own original synthesis of that tradition by fashioning a conjectural view of main categories of Christian thought: God, the universe, Jesus Christ, and human beings. Each of the readings reveals how Nicholas' project of "learned ignorance" is played out in striking metaphors for God and the relation of God to creation.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: God Unknown but Adored: De Deo abscondito (1444)11Envisioning the Whole: De docta ignorantia (1440)122Conjecturing Oneness and Otherness: De coniecturis (1442-1443)683Metaphors for Mind: Idiota de mente (1450)1104The Dialectic of Seeing Being Seen Seeing: De visione Dei (1453)1475Not Other Than Divine: De li non aliud (1461)1806Possibility and Divine Prey: De venatione sapientiae (1463)206Reprise and Conclusions241Bibliography257Index267
