| Document Type | : | BL |
| Record Number | : | 103253 |
| Doc. No | : | b60713 |
| Main Entry | : | Albertson, David |
| Title & Author | : | Mathematical theologies :Nicholas of Cusa and the legacy of Thierry of Chartres /David Albertson. |
| Series Statement | : | Oxford studies in historical theology |
| Page. NO | : | xii, 483 pages ;25 cm. |
| ISBN | : | 9780199989737 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| | 0199989737 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| | 9780199384907 (updf) |
| | 9780199384914 (online content) |
| Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents | : | 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. |
| Subject | : | Pythagoras-- Influence. |
| | Nicholas,1401-1464. |
| | Thierry,approximately 1100-approximately 1150. |
| Subject | : | Religion and science. |
| Subject | : | Mathematics-- Philosophy. |
| Dewey Classification | : | 261.5/5 |
| LC Classification | : | BL265.M3A53 2014 |