Claudia D’AMICO

Nicholas of Cusa in dialogue with his sources: the redefinition of Platonism

Nicolás de Cusa en diálogo con sus fuentes: la re-definición del platonismo

Published in Nicholas of Cusa in Dialogue 

Keywords: Keywords: Medieval Platonism, Nicholas of Cusa, Sources.

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This paper presents the Cusanus’s thought given its knowledge of the Platonic tradition considering its Christian version –Dionysius, Scotus Eriugena, the Chartrenses, Meister Eckhart, Bertold of Moosburg – as some authors Athenian Neoplatonism, especially Proclus. The text is divided into three points (I) the presence of this tradition in early works; (II) the defense of these sources in the Apologia doctae ignorantiae; (III) the reinterpretation of tradition from new receiving texts from 1450.