<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of all a theologian. Connections between theology and philosophy on the one side and mathematics on the other were, for him, bilateral. In this paper we shall concentrate only on one side and try to show how some theological ideas were used by him to answer fundamental questions in the philosophy of mathematics.</p></abstract>

The paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of all a theologian. Connections between theology and philosophy on the one side and mathematics on the other were, for him, bilateral. In this paper we shall concentrate only on one side and try to show how some theological ideas were used by him to answer fundamental questions in the philosophy of mathematics.

Between Theology and Mathematics. Nicholas of Cusa’s Philosophy of Mathematics

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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The paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of...

Between Theology and Mathematics. Nicholas of Cusa’s Philosophy of Mathematics

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 97 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0006

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