Jasper Hopkins

Jasper Hopkins

Jasper Hopkins (geb. 1936, vrstrbn. 2013) war Professor für Philosophie und Philosophiegeschichte an der University of Minnesota. Er galt als herausragender Historiker, der sich auf das Werk des mittelalterlichen Gelehrten Nikolaus von Kues (Cusanus) spezialisierte.

American Cusanus Society

Jasper Hopkins curriculum vitae.pdf

HOPKINS, Jasper. American, b. 1936.

Genres: Philosophy, Theology/Religion, Translations.

Career: Case Western ReserveUniversity, Cleveland, OH, assistant professor, 1963-68; University of Massachusetts, Boston, associate professor, 1969-70; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, associate professor, 1970-74, professor of philosophy, 1974-. Visiting professor of philosophy at universities worldwide consulting ed., Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeitraege der Cusanus-Gesellschaft, Trier, Germany.

Publications:

• Nicholas of Cusa
  • Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464),
  • “NICHOLAS OF CUSA (1401-1464): FIRST MODERN PHILOSOPHER?”
  • Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): First modern philosopher?
  • Coniectura de Ultimis Diebus (A Surmise about the Last Days)
  • A miscellany on Nicholas of Cusa I 1994;
  • A miscellany on Nicholas of Cusa II 1994;
    • On learned ignorance (De Docta Ignorantia)
    • On the hidden God (De Deo Abscondito)
    • On seeking God (De Quaerendo Deum)
    • On being a son of God (De Filiatione Dei)
    • The gift of the Fathers of lights (De Dato Patris Luminum)
    • Dialogue on the genesis (of all things) (Dialogus de Genesi)
  • Nicholas of Cusa on wisdom and knowledge 1996;
    • Idiota de sapienta (The Layman on Wisdom)
    • Idiota de mente (The layman on mind)
    • Idiota de staticis experimentis (The Layman on Experiments Done with Weight-scales)
    • Compendium (Compendium sive Compendiosissima Directio)
  • Nicholas of Cusa metaphysical speculations:
    • De theologicis complementis (Complementary Theological Considerations)
    • De beryllo (On (intellectual) Eyeglasses)
    • De aequalitate (On Equality)
    • De principio (On the Beginning)
    • De ludo globi (The Bowling-Game)
    • De venatione sapientiae (On the Pursuit of Wisdom)
    • De apice theoriae (Concerning the Loftiest Level of Contemplative Reflection)
  • Nicholas of Cusa Metaphysical speculations 1998, Vol. 2, 2000; (with H. Richardson)
    • De coniecturis (On Surmises)
  • A Concise Introduction to the Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa, 1978;
    • On actualized-possibility (De possest)
  • Nicholas of Cusa on God as Not-other (De li non aliud), 1979;
  • Nicholas of Cusa on Learned Ignorance: A Translation and an Appraisal of De Docta Ignorantia, 1981;
  • Nicholas of Cusa's Debate with John Wenck: A Translation and an Appraisal of De Ignota Litteratura and Apologia Doctae Ignorantiae, 1981;
  • Nicholas of Cusa's Metaphysic of Contraction, 1983;
  • Nicholas of Cusa's Dialectical Mysticism: Text, Translation, and Interpretive Study of De Visione Dei, 1985, 3rd ed., 2001;
  • Nicholas of Cusa's De Pace Fidei and Cribratio Alkorani: Translation and Analysis, 1990;
    • Cribratio Alkorani Book I
    • Cribratio Alkorani Book II
    • Cribratio Alkorani Book III
    • Translator's Intro to De Pace Fidei and Cribratio Alkorani - missing document
  • Nicholas of Cusa's early sermons: 1430 - 1441
  • Nicholas of Cusa's didactic sermoons: A selection
  • Cusa's Last Sermons: 1457 - 1463
  • Glaube und Vernunft im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues, 1996;
  • Prolegma to Nichoolas of Cusa's conception of the realtionship of faith to reason 1996
  • Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Nicholas of Cusa, 2 vols., 2001.
  • Cusanus und die sieben Paradoxa von posse
    • MITTEILUNGEN UND FORSCHUNGSBEITRAGE DER CUSANUS-GESELLSCHAFT 32
    • Nikolaus von Kues: De venatione sapientiae
  • Coincidentia oppositoum in Nicholas of Cus's sermons
• Philosophical Criticism: Essays and Reviews, 1994;
• Hugh of Balma on Mystical Theology: A Translation and an Overview of His De Theologia Mystica, 2002.
• A Companion to the Study of St. Anselm, 1972;
• Hermeneutical and Textual Problems in the Complete Treatises of St. Anselm, 1976;
• A New, Interpretive Translation of St. Anselm's Monologion and Proslogion, 1986;

EDITOR & TRANSLATOR:

• Truth, Freedom, and Evil: Three Philosophical Dialogues by Anselm of Canterbury, 1967;
• Trinity, Incarnation, and Redemption: Theological Treatises by Anselm of Canterbury, 1970; (with H. Richardson) Anselm of Canterbury, 3 vols., 1974-76.

• Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Anselm of Canterbury, 2000;

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