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TRITHEMIUS, CUSANUS, AND THE WILL TO THE INFINITE: A PRE-FAUSTIAN PARADIGM

TRITHEMIUS, CUSANUS, AND THE WILL TO THE INFINITE: A PRE-FAUSTIAN PARADIGM © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2002 Aries Vol. 2, no. 2 TRITHEMIUS, CUSANUS, AND THE WILL TO THE INFINITE: A PRE-FAUSTIAN PARADIGM N O EL L. B RANN Of past figures whose reported exploits have moved from the historical arena to the arena of legend and even of myth, one of the more intriguing is a certain Doctor Faustus († ca. 1540). That metamorphosis from historical to legendary status, notably illustrated by the Lutheran-authored Faustbuch of 1587, had already begun during its subject’s own lifetime. Initially construed as a de- monically inspired sorcerer, Faustus subsequently passed through a series of further metamorphoses no longer holding to the relatively one-dimensional image earlier projected. Already with Christopher Marlowe, who was given access to an English translation of the Faustbuch , the Faust legend had became transmogrified from a series of superficial cautionary tales about the dangers of magic into a deeper dramatic “tragedy” in which its central protagonist’s occult interests were no longer so easily slighted. The simple religious conflict between the righteousness of faith and the unrighteousness of demonically incited sorcery had now become revamped into a conflict between two opposing versions of how one can best be put http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aries Brill

TRITHEMIUS, CUSANUS, AND THE WILL TO THE INFINITE: A PRE-FAUSTIAN PARADIGM

Brann, Noel
Aries , Volume 2 (2): 153 – Jan 1, 2002
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2002 Aries Vol. 2, no. 2 TRITHEMIUS, CUSANUS, AND THE WILL TO THE INFINITE: A PRE-FAUSTIAN PARADIGM N O EL L. B RANN Of past figures whose reported exploits have moved from the historical arena to the arena of legend and even of myth, one of the more intriguing is a certain Doctor Faustus († ca. 1540). That metamorphosis from historical to legendary status, notably illustrated by the Lutheran-authored Faustbuch of 1587, had already begun during its subject’s own lifetime. Initially construed as a de- monically inspired sorcerer, Faustus subsequently passed through a series of further metamorphoses no longer holding to the relatively one-dimensional image earlier projected. Already with Christopher Marlowe, who was given access to an English translation of the Faustbuch , the Faust legend had became transmogrified from a series of superficial cautionary tales about the dangers of magic into a deeper dramatic “tragedy” in which its central protagonist’s occult interests were no longer so easily slighted. The simple religious conflict between the righteousness of faith and the unrighteousness of demonically incited sorcery had now become revamped into a conflict between two opposing versions of how one can best be put

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