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Envisioning Geometry: Architecture in the Grip of Perspective [PDF]
, 2016 This book chapter examines the early developments of perspective in 15th century Florence, arguing that the conception of pictorial space in the Early Renaissance both drew upon late Medieval notions of luminary space and anticipated the 'geometrisation'
Temple, Nicholas
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The Russian Cusanus: S. L. Frank and the Russian reception of Nicholas of Cusa
The Philosophical Forum, Volume 54, Issue 1-2, Page 27-41, Summer 2023., 2023 Abstract During the intense philosophical and theological renaissance of the Russian Silver Age, the German Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) received a unique appraisal in the work of Semyon Liudwigovich Frank (1877–1950), hailed by some as ‘the greatest Russian philosopher’.
Harry James Moore
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, 2016 Given the significance of Nicholas of Cusa’s ecclesiastical career, it is no surprise that a good deal of academic attention on Nicholas has focused on his role in the history of the church.
Aleksander, Jason
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Verschiedenheit und Würde der Lebewesen im konjekturalen Denken des Cusanus
Internationale Zeitschrift für Kulturkomparatistik, 2021 Nicolaus Cusanus presents a subtle theory of alterity. We will show why Cusanus does not consistently assign humans a position superior to other living beings, even when strong anthropocentric arguments seem to be present.
Kirstin Zeyer
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The Problem of Hell: A Thomistic Critique of David Bentley Hart’s NeceSsitarian Universalism
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 47-67, January 2023., 2023 Abstract David Bentley Hart has recently argued that universal salvation is a metaphysically necessary outcome of God’s act of creating rational beings. A crucial premise of Hart’s argument is a compatibilist view of free will, according to which God can determine human choices without taking away their freedom.
Mats Wahlberg
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Conceptual affinities between Plotinus and Nicholas of Cusa [PDF]
, 2015 Doce siglos separan a Plotino de Nicolás de Cusa. Son doce siglos y una gran cantidad de desarrollos y vericuetos filosóficos se sucedieron a lo largo de un período tan rico como convulsionado. Sin embargo, la tradición ha inscripto a ambos pensadores en
Tonelli, Malena
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Absolute vision and vision of the Absolute in Nicholas of Cusa [PDF]
, 2012 Ao introduzir o tema da visão mística, Nicolau de Cusa mostra-se herdeiro da tradição neoplatônica enquanto supõe como fundamento de tal visão a própria visão absoluta.
D'amico, Claudia
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 691-706, December 2022., 2022 This article discusses the introductory remarks to this special issue by Mattias Brand, as well as the two articles written by the Mattias Brand and Gerard Wiegers, respectively. It includes my own reflections in the commentary on the three contributions.
Volkhard Krech
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Nicholas of Cusa and Islam [PDF]
, 2020 This collection of essays explores the complex relations between Christians and Muslims at the dawn of the modern age. It begins by examining two seminal works by Nicholas of Cusa: De pace fidei, a dialogue seeking peace among world religions written ...
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Accommodating Ambiguity Within Aquinas’ Philosophy Of Truth
New Blackfriars, Volume 103, Issue 1106, Page 517-535, July 2022., 2022 Abstract To what extent can Aquinas' philosophy of truth accommodate ambiguity? If an ambiguous object is that which exhibits multiple conflicting meanings, and truth, as ‘the conformity of thing and intellect', has its source and purpose in the divine, does the ambiguous lead us away from God?
Catherine Nancekievill
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