Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / K.M. Ziebart -- Introduction / K.M. Ziebart -- 1 The Cusanus-Wenck Debate / K.M. Ziebart -- 2 The Tegernsee Debate / K.M. Ziebart -- 3 The Philosopher and the Idiot: The Role of Aristotelian Philosophy in the Philosophy and Theology of Cusanus / K.M. Ziebart -- 4 The Articulation of Faith and Reason in Cusan Predication / K.M. Ziebart -- Conclusion: Conflict or Coherence? The Fusion of Faith and Reason in Cusan Philosophy and Theology / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 1 Chronological List of Letters and Works Related to the “Tegernsee” Debate on Mystical Theology / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 2 Edition and Translation of Excerpt from Johannes Wenck’s Letter to John of Gelnhausen, 1442 (Wenck’s Summary of the 17 ‘proposals’ of Hans Franckfurter) / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 3 Translation of Excerpt from Letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), February 25, 1451 / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 4 Translation of Excerpt from the Impugnatorium Laudatorii in Letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), Dec. 19, 1454 / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 5 Translation of Excerpt from Letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), June 26, 1459 / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 6 Translation of Letter of Vincent of Aggsbach to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim), Die 8. Michaelis, 1460 / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 7 Letter of Thomas Papler (Prior of Aggsbach) to John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim) / K.M. Ziebart -- Appendix 8 Translation of Notes Made by John Schlitpacher (of Weilheim) and Leopold Wydemann Summarizing the Stages of the Debate and Listing the Respective Major Treatises and Letters Involved / K.M. Ziebart -- Bibliography / K.M. Ziebart -- Index / K.M. Ziebart.

In Nicolaus Cusanus on Faith and the Intellect , K.M. Ziebart argues convincingly that Cusanus’ epistemology was a direct response to late-medieval debates over the relation between faith and reason—one which sought to resolve these debates by introducing a controversially strong integration of philosophy and theology. By examining his works in the context of debates with his peers, Ziebart shows how and why Cusanus came to articulate a theory of knowledge in which faith is posited as inherent to the very structure of mind, as the vis iudiciaria , or power of judgment. This well-grounded study sheds new light on the Cusan philosophy and expands our view of a crucial, liminal period in European intellectual history.