Nicholas of Cusa and the Renaissance

by Cranz,F. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780860788010
• ISBN10: 0860788016
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-03-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death. Their subjects are the speculative thought of Cusanus and his relationship with the broader themes of the Renaissance. Particular attention is given to patterns of development in Cusanus' thought as he wrestled with problems of divine transcendence and the limits of human capacities. Overall, these studies also reveal Professor Cranz's interest in the larger changes in Western modes of thought during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which define our ways of thinking as different from those of Antiquity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Note on Cranz's Citations of the Works of Nicholas of Cusa	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Preface: F. Edward Cranz (1914-1998)	p. xiii
Introduction
F. Edward Cranz's Conception of Western Philosophy	p. xix
Major Themes in Nicholas Of Cusa
Development in Cusanus?	p. 1
Reason and Beyond Reason in Nicholas of Cusa	p. 19
Reason, Intellect, and the Absolute in Nicholas of Cusa	p. 31
The Late Works of Nicholas of Cusa
The Late Works of Nicholas of Cusa	p. 43
The De aequalitate and De principio of Nicholas of Cusa	p. 61
Nicholas of Cusa, Augustine, Proclus, and Pseudo-Dionysius
Saint Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa in the Tradition of Westerm Christian Thought	p. 73
The (Concept of the) Beyond in Proclus, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Cusanus	p. 95
Nicolaus Cusanus and Dionysius Areopagita	p. 109
Cusanus' Use of Pseudo-Dionysius	p. 137
Nicholas of Cusa and Martin Luther
A Common Pattern in Petrarch, Nicholas of Cusa, and Martin Luther	p. 151
The Transmutation of Platonism in the Development of Nicolaus Cusanus and of Martin Luther	p. 169
Cusanus, Luther, and the Mystical Tradition	p. 195
Epilogue
Bibliographical Background to De visione Dei of Cusanus	p. 207
Appendix
Sources of Articles	p. 219
Works of Nicholas of Cusa Cited	p. 221
Index of Names	p. 223
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