Colloqium #43
Jun 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm CEST
Description
The aim of the talk is to link the writings of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) to current debate on contemporary techno-fascism and the so called race to ‘AGI’.
The talk will focus on Idiota de mente (1450) and De visione Dei (1453):
In the reading of Idiota de mente, the figure of the Orator represents the reader’s position in the text. His last words in the text, the confession of an unquestionable experience of the mind as a power that measures all things, gained in conversation with the Layman and the Philosopher, makes the readers aware of their own reading and thinking as a personal experience.
The central confession of De visione Dei is that of not knowing about one’s own experience and, at the same time, of the satisfying divine grace, on the basis of which knowledge of one’s own experience does not seem necessary in the certainty of God’s unknowability.
The concept of staging as a textual strategy in the writings of Nicholas of Cusa enables an exploration of how the author makes it possible for the readers to discover themselves as being part of the text and understand their own reading and thinking itself as a process and a practice.
Speakers
Susann Kabisch: Dr. Susann Kabisch is interested in human beings and conversations. After completing her PhD in philosophy at Stiftung Universität Hildesheim and Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (NL), working at various universities and becoming an activist for Open Dialogue in the context of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health, she now continues her search for wisdom as a freelance philosopher, presenter, lecturer and trainer.