Nicolas de Cues
L'homme, atome spirituel
By (author) Graziella Federici Vescovini
Paperback (Published)
(November 2016)
ISBN: 9782711627158
5.28 x 8.43 inches
Price: $31.00
In stock
French text.
English summary: This study contains a historical and philosophical reading of the Christian philosophy of Nicolas de Cues. He developed an open, asystematic and multi-faceted philosophy over the course of his works. Three structural paths, following the linguistic choices made by Cues, are followed here to help the reader fully understand and appreciate the work. French description: La presente etude propose une lecture a la fois historique et philosophique de la philosophie chretienne de Nicolas de Cues, une philosophie ouverte, asystematique et aux facettes multiples, que l’auteur a developpee au fil de ses ouvrages et dont l’abord est d’autant plus difficile qu’il use souvent d’un vocabulaire abscons et tisse d’etranges neologismes. Trois pistes structurelles, suggerees par les choix linguistiques du Cusain, sont ici suivies : celle, metaphysique, de la possibilite du possible, du fieri de la contractionprecision de la proportion d’egalite dans l’Un. En cela, on tente de relier de maniere interne les differents ouvrages du Cusain et d’expliciter la coherence philosophique et chretienne d’une doctrine fondee sur la toutepuissance absolue de Dieu qui, par amour pour nous, se revele en Jesus-Christ. Le lecteur pourra percevoir non seulement la valeur mais encore la coherence de theses aussi remarquables que celle de la coincidence des opposes, celle de l’un par la proportion mathematique d’egalite, celle encore de la force creatrice (vis) de l’esprit humain en tant que monade, atome spirituel, image contractee de l’Exemplaire de Dieu.
- By (author) Graziella Federici Vescovini
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