Book contents
- Christian Platonism
- Christian Platonism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- I Concepts
- II History
- 2.1 The Bible and Early Christian Platonism
- 2.2 Platonism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
- 2.3 Christian Platonism in the Medieval West
- 2.4 Christian Platonism in Byzantium
- 2.5 Renaissance Christian Platonism and Ficino
- 2.6 Northern Renaissance Platonism from Nicholas of Cusa to Jacob Böhme
- 2.7 Christian Platonism in Early Modernity
- 2.8 Christian Platonism in the Age of Romanticism
- 2.9 Christian Platonism and Modernity
- III Engagements
- Index
- References
2.6 - Northern Renaissance Platonism from Nicholas of Cusa to Jacob Böhme
from II - History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2021
- Christian Platonism
- Christian Platonism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- I Concepts
- II History
- 2.1 The Bible and Early Christian Platonism
- 2.2 Platonism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
- 2.3 Christian Platonism in the Medieval West
- 2.4 Christian Platonism in Byzantium
- 2.5 Renaissance Christian Platonism and Ficino
- 2.6 Northern Renaissance Platonism from Nicholas of Cusa to Jacob Böhme
- 2.7 Christian Platonism in Early Modernity
- 2.8 Christian Platonism in the Age of Romanticism
- 2.9 Christian Platonism and Modernity
- III Engagements
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter considers the trajectory of Northern Renaissance Platonism from the fifteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It highlights the persistence of certain topics from the time of Nicholas of Cusa to that of Jacob Böhme, while at the same time arguing that Christian Platonism remained an eclectic phenomenon, and to some extent also the production of its critics. The chapter focuses in particular on the idea of the coincidence of the opposites, especially in relation to the Divine, and on God’s presence in nature.
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- Christian PlatonismA History, pp. 246 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020