REFLEXE, Vol 2026 No 70 (2026), 97–133
ArticleVíra u Mikuláše Kusánského jako poznání, podmínka poznání a jeho obsah
[Faith in Nicholas of Cusa as Knowledge, a Condition of Knowledge, and Its Content]
Šimon Nemec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/25337637.2026.20
zveřejněno: 11. 09. 2026
Abstract
In this study, I analyze the concept of faith in Nicholas of Cusa’s De docta ignorantia, showing that faith figures not only as the content of religious conviction, but performs several interconnected epistemic functions. I argue that, in Nicholas’s view, faith is a precondition for cognition, a condition of its possibility, and a path to grasping absolute truth – namely, God. Based on this analysis, I propose a systematic typology of the functions of faith that traces the process of cognition from its outset to its highest object, which is God. The study thus offers a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and cognition in Nicholas of Cusa.
klíčová slova: Nicholas of Cusa; De docta ignorantia; faith; knowledge; learned ignorance

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ISSN: 0862-6901
E-ISSN: 2533-7637