A Learned Thief?: Nicholas of Cusa and the Anonymous Fundamentum naturae : Reassessing the Vorlage Theory

The discovery of an anonymous manuscript that parallels several chapters of Nicholas of Cusa’s De docta ignorantia (1440) raises anew the charge of plagiarism against the German cardinal. This article evaluates Hoenen’s proposal that the anonymous treatise be viewed as a model (Vorlage) used in the...

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Main Author: Albertson, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2010
In: Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
Year: 2010, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 351-390
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nikolaus, von Kues, Kardinal 1401-1464, De docta ignorantia / Fundamentum naturae
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