Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Tradition

A Philosophical and Theological Survey

Emmanuele Vimercati, Valentina Zaffino, Emmanuele Vimercati, Valentina Zaffino

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9783110624908
• eBook ISBN: 9783110628159
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Theology
• Index: Literature

The volume focuses on the relation between Cusanus and Aristotle or the Aristotelian tradition. In recent years the attention on this topic has partially increased, but overall the scholarship results are still partial or provisional. The book thus aims at verifying more systematically how Aristotle and Aristotelianism have been received by Cusanus, in both their philosophical and theological implications, and how he approached the Aristotelian thought. In order to answer these questions, the papers are structured according to the traditional Aristotelian sciences and their reflection on Cusanus' thought. This allows to achieve some aspects of interest and originality: 1) the book provides a general, but systematic analysis of Aristotle's reception in Cusanus' thought, with some coherent results. 2) Also, it explores how a philosopher and theologian traditionally regarded as Neoplatonist approached Aristotle and his tradition (including Thomas Aquinas), what he accepted of it, what he rejected, and what he tried to overcome. 3) Finally, the volume verifies the attitude of a relevant Christian philosopher and theologian of the Humanistic age towards Aristotle.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• A Sketch of the Aristotelian Tradition in Cusanus’ Time
• With Aristotle, Beyond Aristotle Nicholas of Cusa and the “New” Logic of the Intellect
• “… to reject Aristotle and to leap higher.” Cusanus’ Mystical Theology and the Principle of Non-Contradiction
• Aristotelische Naturphilosophie als Quelle und Medium der Explikation der cusanischen Lehre vom Unendlichen und der Koinzidenz der Gegensätze
• Strategien des Umgangs mit aristotelischen Positionen in Cusanus' Idiota de mente Mit einem Blick auf Giovanni Pico della Mirandolas De ente et uno
• Cusanus on Ideas and Aristotelianism
• Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Theory of Substance
• Act and Potency in Cusanus’ Later Thought
• „Bene et feliciter subsistere“ Nicolaus Cusanus und die aristotelische Ethik
• Was ist eine gerechte Herrschaft? Politisches Denken bei Nikolaus von Kues und sein Verhältnis zur aristotelischen Tradition
• (Anti‐)Aristotelianism in Cusanus’ Sermons
• Index of Proper Names
• Index of Passages
• Notes on Contributors