Nicholas of Cusa and the Comparison of Plato and Aristotle in the 15th Century

18.-19. Februar 2025, Universität Siegen, Campus Unteres Schloss – Raum US-A 120

Am 18. und 19. Februar 2025 findet an der Universität Siegen die Internationale Konferenz "Nicholas of Cusa and the Comparison of Plato and Aristotle in the 15th Century - Sources, Controversies, and Intellectual Networks" statt.

Die Tagung wird geleitet von Luca Burzelli, Fabian Marx und Mario Meliadò (alle Universität Siegen). Es werden internationale Gastredner erwartet, die im Rahmen des DFG-Projektes Manicula vortragen.

Unter dem folgenden Link finden Sie das Plakat und das Programm der Tagung.

 

Description

While Nicholas of Cusa’s work has historically been viewed through the lens of Platonism or anti-Aristotelian criticism, his engagement with the intellectual exchanges surrounding the Plato-Aristotle controversy of the 15th century has remained largely unexplored. This conference captures this crucial yet often overlooked aspect of Cusa’s thought by mapping the networks of manuscript circulation, personal relationships and philosophical allegiances that informed Cusa's comparative analysis of Plato and Aristotle.

The conference is part of the manicula project, based at the University of Siegen and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project examines the corpus of Platonic and Aristotelian manuscripts possessed and read by Nicholas of Cusa. The aim of the project is to produce a critical edition of Cusa’s glosses and marginal notes to the Latin translations of Plato and Aristotle, and to investigate Cusa’s reading practices in the broader context of the 15th-century reception of Plato and Aristotle.

Organisation  Luca Burzelli – Fabian Marx – Mario Meliadò

Staff  Olivia Jabbour – Dustin V. Saynisch – Angelika Schlemmer