“For our intellectual spirit has the power of fire in itself. For no other purpose is it sent by God to the earth than that it glow and grow into a flame. When it is excited by admiration, then it grows, just as if the wind entering into a fire excited its potential to actuality. If we apprehend the works of God, we marvel at eternal wisdom.” IfsEarthSpiritPurposeGrowsFireWindEternalIntellectualExcitedFlamesAdmirationEnteringActuality Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“Nor is the darkness of colour a proof of the earth's baseness; for the brightness of the sun, which is visible to us, would not be perceived by anyone who might be in the sun.” MightEarthDarknessSunProofColourVisibleBrightnessBaseness Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“It has been asserted that there is a separate species on the earth to correspond with each one of the stars. Now if the earth provides in each species a focus for the action of each star, why may not a similar provision be made among other heavenly bodies that are subject to the action of their fellows?” IfsMayHas BeensMadeBodyActionEarthStarsFocusSubjectsFellowsSpeciesHeavenlyProvisionHeavenly Bodies Author:Nicholas of Cusa
