This chapter addresses the harsh criticism Cusanus faces from his friend Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. The controversy concerns Cusanus’ belief that a point exists where different and opposite magnitudes coincide, as made clear in Dialogus de circuli quadratura as well as in the text ‹Magister Paulus ad Nicolaum Cusanum Cardinalem›.

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“What If Someone Denies That Such a Point [of Coincidence] Exists?” Toscanelli’s Critique

  • Federica De Felice

摘要

This chapter addresses the harsh criticism Cusanus faces from his friend Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. The controversy concerns Cusanus’ belief that a point exists where different and opposite magnitudes coincide, as made clear in Dialogus de circuli quadratura as well as in the text ‹Magister Paulus ad Nicolaum Cusanum Cardinalem›.