REFLEXE
REFLEXE
Reflexe a journal of philosophy, was founded in 1985 by Ladislav Hejdánek. The first three issues, originaly published in the underground (samizdat) form, were re-issued legally in 1990. The journal then continued as a quarterly and later, in its present form, as a bi-annual. The focus is on original studies in the areas of Philosophy and Theology. While translations of important philosophical essays are also published, preference is given to new publications. Each issue includes reviews of recent philosophical literature from the Czech Republic and abroad.

REFLEXE, Vol 2026 No 70 (2026), 97–133

Article

Víra 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
published online: 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.

keywords: Nicholas of Cusa; De docta ignorantia; faith; knowledge; learned ignorance

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