Abstract
Cusanus authored three writings mainly dealing with Islam: De pace fidei , dating from September 1453, the letter addressed to John of Segovia from December 29, 1454, and Cribratio Alkorani , 1460/61. Islam, the religion of those who have invaded and conquered Constantinople, was meant to be integrated into the concordance of religions, which the cardinal became aware of after long days of contemplation. In sermon CCXL, Nicholas of Cusa identifies the vision of paradise in the Qurʾan as the element of complete reversal of the message of the Gospel, done by the devil, with Mohammed working as his tool, to seduce primitive, animalistic humans. Then, in Cusanus's letter to John of Segovia, he implies that he is aware of the ambivalence, and finally he discusses it extensively in Cribratio Alkorani . It is clear that the uniformity of his interpretation of Islam and the Qurʾan suffers from this very ambivalence. Keywords: Constantinople; Cribratio Alkorani ; Cusanus; De pace fidei ; Islam; John of Segovia; Qurʾan; sermon CCXL
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