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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent translation of brilliant Renaissance philosopher,
By Eugene Ostashevsky (ostashev@earthlink.net) (Stanford University, 9X9 Industries) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nicholas of Cusa on Learned Ignorance: A Translation and an Appraisal of De Docta Ignorantia (Paperback)
If Shakespeare was the first (and last) person to understand what is a human being, Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) was the first (and last) person to understand what is God. God -- of course -- is the object of mathematics. Nicholas' most important book _On Learned Ignorance_ (De Docta Ignorantia), inspired by Plotinus and pseudo-Dionysius, uses mathematical models in an attempt to describe God as the Unknowable One; in the process, Nicholas stumbles upon ideas that will later be formalized in calculus, non-Euclidean geometry, and the transfinite numbers of Cantor. Although Nicholas is best read in Latin, Jasper Hopkins' translation is at once very precise and superbly readable; the commentary is intelligent and informed
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Nicholas of Cusa on Learned Ignorance: A Translation and an Appraisal of De Docta Ignorantia by Jasper Hopkins (Paperback - June 1985)
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