Faith in Nicholas of Cusa as Knowledge, a Condition of Knowledge, and Its Content Cover Image

Víra u Mikuláše Kusánského jako poznání, podmínka poznání a jeho obsah
Faith in Nicholas of Cusa as Knowledge, a Condition of Knowledge, and Its Content

Author(s): Šimon Nemec
Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Nicholas of Cusa; De docta ignorantia; faith; knowledge; learned ignorance

Summary/Abstract: In this study, I analyze the concept of faith in Nicholas of Cusa’s De docta ignorantia, showing that faith figures not only as the content of religious conviction, but performs several interconnected epistemic functions. I argue that, in Nicholas’s view, faith is a precondition for cognition, a condition of its possibility, and a path to grasping absolute truth – namely, God. Based on this analysis, I propose a systematic typology of the functions of faith that traces the process of cognition from its outset to its highest object, which is God. The study thus offers a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and cognition in Nicholas of Cusa.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 97-133
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Czech
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