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BL
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103253
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b60713
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Albertson, David
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| Title & Author
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Mathematical theologies : : Nicholas of Cusa and the legacy of Thierry of Chartres /\ David Albertson.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford studies in historical theology
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xii, 483 pages ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780199989737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0199989737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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9780199384907 (updf)
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9780199384914 (online content)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Toward a genealogy of Christian Neopythagoreanism -- pt. 1. The genesis of Neopythagoreanism: a synopsis. Platonic transformations of early Pythagorean philosophy -- The Neopythagorean revival: henology and mediation -- The late antique preservation of Neopythagoreanism -- pt. 2. The pearl diver: Thierry of Chartre's theology of the quadrivium. Thierry's trinitarian theology in context -- The discovery of the fold -- Thierry's diminished legacy -- pt. 3. Bright nearness: Nicholas of Cusa's mathematical theology. The accidental triumph of De docta ignorantia -- Chartrian theology on probation in the 1440s -- The advent of Theologia geometrica in the 1450s -- Completing the circle in the 1460s -- Epilogue.
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Pythagoras-- Influence.
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Nicholas,1401-1464.
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Thierry,approximately 1100-approximately 1150.
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Religion and science.
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Mathematics-- Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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261.5/5
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BL265.M3A53 2014
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