Year: 2025
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Cusanus is known for often resorting to insights or theories from mathematical or scientific contexts to explain philosophical and theological thoughts, using them as comparisons or metaphors. Occasionally one also finds metaphors and examples from everyday life. Only in ten places in his complete works does Cusanus use the metaphor of mill, miller, and grinding. All of these passages are found in six of his sermons. They describe human misconceptions, but also spiritual gifts from God.
Source: Metaphor papers
DOI: 10.46586/mp.389.461
Author: Viki Ranff
Institution: Cusanus Institut
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409375527