Soares, Lucas Sampaio; https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2649-2427; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9302329395652549
Resumo:
The present work explores the philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa, focusing on the concept of
“learned ignorance” as presented in his work De Docta Ignorantia (1440) as a means to
acknowledge the limitations of human intellect in the face of absolute truth. The examination
is divided into three chapters, each aimed at elucidating concepts primarily found in the First
Book of the work: the first chapter addresses the doctrine of learned ignorance, where
knowledge is seen as a continuous conjecture; the second chapter examines the use of
mathematics as a symbolic tool to understand concepts like the maximum and the infinite; and
the third chapter discusses the limits of language and the dialectic of knowledge, highlighting
the tension between unity and plurality. Nicholas of Cusa is situated at the transition between
the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, using mathematics to illustrate the complexity of divine
truth.
