The Concept of Contraction in Giordano Bruno's Philosophy (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Bruno's Concept of Contraction: Methods facilitating noetic ascent; Contraction as an ontological concept; Contraction and noesis; Contraction and memory. Part 2 Sources of Bruno's Concept of Contraction: Physiologically induced contraction; The scholastic tradition of contraction; Cusanus and the scholastic tradition of contraction. Conclusion; Bibliography; Indexes.