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Tables of Contents for Anselm and Nicholas of Cusa
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ANSELM
Life and Works
3
1
Anselm's Fundamental Philosophical Idea
4
16
Inward quietness, not mysticism
5
1
Insight and empty thought
6
1
A unique idea, meaningful only in relation to God
6
1
No object
7
1
Anselm's ``theory of contradiction''
7
1
Anselm's thought as an invocation of God
8
2
The significance of his ``proof'' in Anselm's life
10
1
Gaunilon against Anselm
11
9
Characterization of Anselm's Thinking
20
10
NICHOLAS OF CUSA
Introduction
26
1
Life
27
2
Works
29
1
PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION
30
43
The Fundamental Idea
30
8
The Mind
38
15
The mind in general
38
4
Cognition as conjecture (coniectura)
42
3
Methods and aim
45
8
Faith
53
13
Introduction
53
3
What is faith?
56
1
Revealed faith and philosophical faith, theological and philosophical thinking
57
3
Speculative metaphor (cipher) and revealed bodily presence (spatio-temporal reality)
60
2
Whence comes the content of faith?
62
1
Authority and originality
63
3
Faith and obedience
66
1
Truth in Mathematics
66
7
PART TWO: THE WHOLE OF BEING
73
32
God
74
13
Dialogue on the hidden God
74
1
On speculation
75
1
Examples of speculative attempts to approach God
76
6
From speculative thinking to acceptance of revelation
82
2
Example of a conceptualization of revelation: the Trinity
84
3
The World
87
16
The cosmos
87
8
Cosmological ideas
95
2
The eternity of the world
97
1
Individuals
98
2
Summary: The significance of Cusanus' world
100
3
Christ
103
2
PART THREE: NICHOLAS OF CUSA AND MODERN SCIENCE
105
12
Did Cusanus help to found modern science?
105
6
Speculative method and experimental method. So-called ``anticipations''
111
1
The meaning of science
112
5
PART FOUR: MAN'S TASK
117
21
The Individual
117
7
Peace
124
14
Fundamental reality of the Church. Cusanus' thinking in the Concordantia
124
1
De concordantia catholica
125
7
De pace fidei
132
1
Faith and communication
133
5
PART FIVE: POLITICAL ACTION AND THE CONDUCT OF LIFE
138
15
The Council of Basel
139
7
Brixen
146
2
The reform movement
148
1
The crusade against the Turks
149
1
Ecclesiastical benefices
149
1
His conduct of life---summary
150
3
PART SIX: HIS PLACE IN HISTORY
153
11
Between the Middle Ages and the modern era
153
2
On historical interpretation
155
1
Cusanus' life and thought in relation to subsequent history
156
7
Lack of influence
163
1
PART SEVEN: CRITICAL ESTIMATE
164
19
Introduction: The Meaning of Criticism
164
1
The significance of Cusanus' contradictions
165
3
The philosophical limits disclosed in Cusanus' life, ciphers and speculation
168
9
Cusanus the man
177
4
Cusanus' greatness lies in his metaphysics
181
2
Bibliography
183
4
Index of Names
187