Title:

De docta ignorantia

Short title

De docta ignorantia

Title variations

Title in English

On learned ignorance

Section

Book III, chapter VIII

Language

Latin

Creation date

1440

Genre

Treatise

Content

Other

Content table

Three books (including a prologue) and an epilogue

Formal Expression

Prose

Qur'an quotations

No

Original

No

Source

Augustine

Use (macro-category)

Speculative / Philosophical / Scholastic / Mystical

Use (micro-category)

Apology of Christianity

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Dedicated to Cardinal Giuliano Cesarini, it is Nicholas of Cusa's most revelant and disputed gnoseological work, inspired by the author's diplomatic journey to Byzantium (1437). It includes a little studied section on Islam (Book III, chapter VIII), part of a theological reflection on the Trinity and the role of Christ in human redemption.

Entry author

Davide Scotto