Veranstaltung
Treasures of the Cusanus Library: Strange Worlds
11.12.2026
19:00 Uhr
The St. Nicholas Hospital/Cusanus Foundation houses one of the most significant and beautiful scholarly libraries of the late Middle Ages
In our lectures, we want to make this unique collection of books - as well as the cultural history of Europe - tangible. We invite you to discover this historical treasure with us.
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Learning to die in order to live 11.13.2026 The Dialogue of Axiochus (Cod. Cus. 177)
The Philosophy of Music 12.11.2026 Aristotle and the Beauty of Sound (Cod. Cus. 179)
The Ethics of Humor 01.15.2027 Thomas Aquinas on Wit and Play (Cod. Cus. 74)
What is Friendship? 02.05.2027 Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas in Conversation
Traveling Through the World 03.05.2027 Historical Maps of the Cusanus Monastery (Replicas of landscape maps can be purchased at this event)
In the Soul of the Dictator 03.26.2027 Plato and the Psyche of the Tyrant (Cod. Cus. 178)
"Know the Ways" 04.30.2027 Hildegard of Bingen and the Liber Scivias
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