“What If Someone Denies That Such a Point [of Coincidence] Exists?” Toscanelli’s Critique
摘要
This chapter addresses the harsh criticism Cusanus faces from his friend Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. The controversy concerns Cusanus’ belief that a point exists where different and opposite magnitudes coincide, as made clear in Dialogus de circuli quadratura as well as in the text ‹Magister Paulus ad Nicolaum Cusanum Cardinalem›.