Marica COSTIGLIOLO
Grasping the Divine essence: Cusanus (1401-1464) and Wenck (†1460)
Published in The Kingdom of the Spirit
Keywords: Keywords: Dialogue, Difference, Nicholas of Cusa, Transcendence.
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In this aim, I analyse some theories of De docta ignorantia (1440) of Nicholas of Cusa, criticized by Johannes Wenck. Some interesting themes emerge from the dispute between Cusanus and Wenck: for example, on the threshold of modernity the way thinkers use concepts and words to define transcendence, time, difference. Through this dispute, the end of the Middle Ages appears as a rich intellectual period and a harbinger of continuous insights and new interpretations.