Apophatic and Mystical Realism. Nicholas’ of Cusa Lesson

• Authors: Sikora Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In my paper I consider the question, whether one can reconcile radical apophatic perspective with the realistic interpretation of religious discourse. Both are supported by very important religious intuitions, but seem to be mutually inconsistent. In order to show what form of “apophatic realism” is possible to hold, I analyze the thought of Nicolas of Cusa: fifteenth century mystic and philosopher, whose thought does justice to the deepest religious intuitions and can be inspiring, and – in its basic principles – also tenable, even in XXI century.

Keywords

EN

apophatic theology; religious discourse; apophatic realism; Nicolas of Cusa

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: Theological Research. A Journal of Systematic Theology
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 59-74

Contributors

author

Sikora Piotr

• Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow

References

• Nicholas of Cusa, De Docta Ignorantia, http://www.cusanus-portal.de; English translation: On learned ignorance, trans. J. Hopkins, http://jasper-hopkins.info/DI-I-12-2000.pdf
• Nicholas of Cusa, Dialogus de Deo Abscondito, http://www.cusanus-portal.de; English translation: On the Hidden God, trans. J. Hopkins, http://jasper-hopkins.info/DeDeoAbscon12-2000.pdf
• Nicholas of Cusa, Idiota de mente, http://www.cusanus-portal.de; English translation: On Wisdom and Knowledge, trans. J. Hopkins, http://jasper-hopkins.info/DeMente12-2000.pdf
• Sells M., The Mystical Language of Unsaying, Chicago–London 1994.
• Sikora P., Atheism, Agnosticism, and Apophatic Theism, Polish Journal of Philosophy 4 (2010) No. 1 (Spring 2010), p. 65–80.
• Sikora P., Realizm i teologia, in: R. Woźniak (ed.), Metafizyka i teologia, Kraków 2008, p. 323–342.
• Sikora P., Słowa i zbawienie. Dyskurs religijny w perspektywie Hilarego Putnama, Kraków 2004.
• Sikora P., Wielość religii a debata: realizm/antyrealizm religijny, Diametros 29 (2011), p. 93–109.

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/thr.2371