The Geometry of Coincidence

Nicholas of Cusa and the Quadrature of the Circle
In conclusion, the author provides an extensive account on the reception of Cusanus mathematical texts, from their early dissemination to the reactions of several thinkers throughout history, ensuring a full and rounded overview of Cusanus work in geometry, mathematics, and philosophy.

This book offers a contribution to our understanding of Nicholas of Cusas theory of geometry. It is based not only on hisgenerally more famousphilosophical texts (e.g., De docta ignorantia, Idiota, etc.), but also, and more significantly, on the strictly speaking mathematical texts drafted between 1445 and 1459, where Cusanus attempts to provide a solution to the vexata quaestio of the squaring of the circle. First critically edited in 2010and translated into Italian by the author in 2020Cusanus Scripta mathematica are here scrutinized as to their context, genesis, and content, in order to shed light, on