While lay Christians in an Arabic-speaking community might not be direct
targets, might not their clergy have needed information about Islam,
perhaps even for very practical purposes. I am not convinced that all
works nominally addressed to Muslims - or to Jews, especially in my own
period, the 15th century. Some, like Pius II's letter to Mohammed II,
were intended only nominally for non-Christian audiences. There even is
an element of wishful thinking evident in Cusanus' writings, elevating the
discourse in De pace fidei to a celestial plane.
tom izbicki
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