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1 online resource |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; VOLUME 225 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; VOLUME 225. 0920-8607
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| Contents |
Introduction. Methodological considerations & organization of study ; Nicolaus Cusanus and fides-ratio Dialectic in the fifteenth century ; Representations of faith and reason in Cusan thought and the appearance of a problem ; Previous scholarship on the relationship of faith and reason in Cusan thought -- Faith and reason in the debates and controversies surrounding the reception of Cusanus' works by his contemporaries. The Cusanus-Wenck debate ; The Tegernsee debate ; Conclusion to part I : Cusanus' debates with Wenck and Aggsbach against the background of fifteenth-century theological controversy -- Beyond the debates : faith and reason as mirrored in Cusanus' philosophy and theology. The philosopher and the idiot : the role of Aristotelian ; The articulation of faith and reason in Cusan prediction ; Conclusion : conflict or coherence? The fusion of faith and reason in Cusan philosophy and theology -- Appendices. Chronological list of letters and works related to the "Tegernsee" debate on mystical theology ; Edition and translation of excerpt from Johannes Wenck's letter to John of Gelnhausen, 1442 (Wenck's summary of the 17 'proposals' of Hans Franckfurter) ; Translation of excerpt from letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), February 25, 1451 ; Translation of excerpt from the Impugnatorium Laudatorii in letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), Dec. 19, 1454 ; Translation of excerpt from letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), June 26, 1459 ; Translation of letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), Die 8. Michaelis, 1460 ; Letter of Thomas Papler (prior of Aggsbach) to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim) ; Translation of notes made by John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim) and Leopold Wydemann summarizing the stages of the debate and listing the respective major treatises and letters involved |
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In Edited byNicolaus Cusanus on Faith and the Intellect: A Case Study in 15th-Century Fides-Ratio ControversyEdited by, K.M. Ziebart presents an account of the Cusan epistemology as a fascinating late-medieval attempt to definitively harmonize faith and reason |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.
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Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464 fast |
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Faith and reason -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004252141 |
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9004252142 |
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