Nicholas Cusanus and His 'non-aliud' as Concept of God

In: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 39-60

Abstract

This paper presents Cusanus' dialogue of 1462, named after and centred on the concept of non-aliud, and exploits its speculative resources for conceiving the relationship between God and the realm of finite entities. Furthermore, it points to the elements of self-constitution of the absolute and of the latter's grounding relation towards the contingent. Finally, it is argued that Cusanus' concept of non-aliud offers a valuable contribution to the present debate about an adequate concept of God.