human skill is capable of inducing the transmutation of metals. What this meritorious study is working out is something else. In his search for comparisons and metaphors to convey his spirituality, Cusanus – son of a successful merchant on the Moselle who did not shrink from analogising the relationship between divine creator and human reason with that between coin master and money-changer – often found what he was looking for in metallurgy and alchemy.

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当历史学遇到认识论：19 世纪下半叶法语国家复杂的科学史和科学哲学

人类的技能能够诱导金属的嬗变。这项有价值的研究正在解决的问题是另一回事。在寻找比较和隐喻来传达他的灵性的过程中，库萨努斯——摩泽尔河上一位成功商人的儿子，并没有回避将神圣创造者和人类理性之间的关系与硬币大师和货币兑换商之间的关系进行类比——经常发现他正在寻找冶金和炼金术。