Viki Ranff
Biographic Data
| ID | 5663096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Viki Ranff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Viki |
| FAMILY NAME | Ranff |
| SIGNATURE | RANFF V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Trier |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6657-0386 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exploring the Cosmos
The works of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) distinguish themselves by an extensive range of metaphors spanning from things and circumstances of everyday life and aspects of the natural world to cosmological phenomena and more abstract geometrical and mathematical images. Many of these metaphors challenge the reader due to their often unusual and daring combination of elements, which appear to be semantically incongruous or remote from each other. I…
Mill, Miller, and Grinding as Theological Comparisons and Metaphors in Cusanus' Sermones
Cusanus is known for often resorting to insights or theories from mathematical or scientific contexts to explain philosophical and theological thoughts, using them as comparisons or metaphors. Occasionally one also finds metaphors and examples from everyday life. Only in ten places in his complete works does Cusanus use the metaphor of mill, miller, and grinding. All of these passages are found in six of his sermons. They describe human misconcep…
Bernard of Kraiburg’s Letters and Sermons. A portrait of austrian humanism in mid-15 th century
L’article brosse un portrait de l’humanisme en Autriche au milieu du xv e siècle à travers l’analyse des lettres et des sermons, encore inédits, de Bernard de Kraiburg († 1477), évêque de Chiemsee, collaborateur de Nicolas de Cues et de Enea S. Piccolomini et détenteur d’une extraordinaire bibliothèque personnelle. La production de Bernard aide à comprendre la triangulation culturelle entre l’enseignement universitaire à Vienne (Thomas Ebendorfer…
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Bernard of Kraiburg’s Letters and Sermons. A portrait of austrian humanism in mid-15 th century
L’article brosse un portrait de l’humanisme en Autriche au milieu du xv e siècle à travers l’analyse des lettres et des sermons, encore inédits, de Bernard de Kraiburg († 1477), évêque de Chiemsee, collaborateur de Nicolas de Cues et de Enea S. Piccolomini et détenteur d’une extraordinaire bibliothèque personnelle. La production de Bernard aide à comprendre la triangulation culturelle entre l’enseignement universitaire à Vienne (Thomas Ebendorfer…
Exploring the Cosmos
The works of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) distinguish themselves by an extensive range of metaphors spanning from things and circumstances of everyday life and aspects of the natural world to cosmological phenomena and more abstract geometrical and mathematical images. Many of these metaphors challenge the reader due to their often unusual and daring combination of elements, which appear to be semantically incongruous or remote from each other. I…
Mill, Miller, and Grinding as Theological Comparisons and Metaphors in Cusanus' Sermones
Cusanus is known for often resorting to insights or theories from mathematical or scientific contexts to explain philosophical and theological thoughts, using them as comparisons or metaphors. Occasionally one also finds metaphors and examples from everyday life. Only in ten places in his complete works does Cusanus use the metaphor of mill, miller, and grinding. All of these passages are found in six of his sermons. They describe human misconcep…
Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Astrobiology (1 work) · Astronomy (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Cosmos (plant) (1 work)