Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa: A Sketch for a Biography
Erich Meuthen
David Crowner
Gerald Christianson
Copyright Date: 2010
Published by: Catholic University of America Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270
Pages: 177
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt285270
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Nicholas of Cusa
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This translation of Erich Meuthen's well-known biography of Nicholas of Cusa presents the foremost summary of Cusanus's life and thought. F

eISBN: 978-0-8132-1928-8
Subjects: History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-iv)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. v-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.2
  3. List of Illustrations
    List of Illustrations (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.3
  4. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. ix-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.4
  5. About This Translation
    About This Translation (pp. xi-xii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.5
  6. Erich Meuthen: An Appreciation
    Erich Meuthen: An Appreciation (pp. xiii-xvi)
    MORIMICHI WATANABE
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.6
  7. The World of Cusanus, 1401–1464
    The World of Cusanus, 1401–1464 (pp. xvii-xxviii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.7
  8. PREFACE to the SEVENTH EDITION
    PREFACE to the SEVENTH EDITION (pp. 1-2)
    E.M.
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  9. FOREWORD
    FOREWORD (pp. 3-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.9

    To outline the life of Cusanus with a “sketch” seems to be taking an inordinate risk. The highly regarded biography that the Frenchman, Edmond Vansteenberghe, devoted to the man from the Mosel will soon be half a century old. While an immense amount of source information was already at his disposal, since then the mountain of biographical material has piled up to over five thousand documents. The wealth of Cusanus studies—contributions from the most diverse academic disciplines aimed at understanding this unique man—is overwhelming. On the other hand, people are justified in wishing to be introduced, at least...

  10. A SKETCH for a BIOGRAPHY
    A SKETCH for a BIOGRAPHY (pp. 5-146)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.10

    He was born in 1401. This we ascertain from the inscription on his grave, and the year is confirmed by other references. His birthplace gave him the name under which he entered history. In 1430 he referred to himself for the last time using his family name: Nicolaus Cancer—in German, Krebs. Cryfftz, Krieffts, Kreves, and similar variations indicate the Mosel-Franconian dialect. As early as his first university registration in 1416 he added his birthplace: Nycolaus Cancer de Coeße. In his German correspondence he usually wrote Niclas von Cuße. He Latinized the name to Nicolaus de Cußa or also Cusa...

  11. Glossary
    Glossary (pp. 147-154)
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  12. Bibliographic Notes on Cusanus Research
    Bibliographic Notes on Cusanus Research (pp. 155-160)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.12
  13. Bibliographic Notes on Cusanus Research, 1992–2005
    Bibliographic Notes on Cusanus Research, 1992–2005 (pp. 161-168)
    HANS GERHARD SENGER
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.13
  14. Index
    Index (pp. 169-178)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.14
  15. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 179-180)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt285270.15
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