The world has no circumference. It would certainly have a circumference if it had a centre, in which case it would contain within itself its own beginning and end; and that would mean that there was some other thing which imposed a limit to the world - another being existing in space outside the world. All of these conclusions are false. Since, then, the world cannot be enclosed within a material circumference and centre, it is unintelligible without God as its centre and circumference.
Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is… - Nicholas Of Cusa
Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is…
- Nicholas Of Cusa
All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire. - Nicholas Of Cusa
All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.
In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon … - Nicholas Of Cusa
In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon …
God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.' - Nicholas Of Cusa
God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'
Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity. - Nicholas Of Cusa
Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.
All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach. - Nicholas Of Cusa
All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them. - Nicholas Of Cusa
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my… - Nicholas Of Cusa
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my…
Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved. - Nicholas Of Cusa
Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.
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