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“Therefore, in the Beginning, which is Truth, all things are Eternal Truth itself”

Quote by Nicholas of Cusa

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Nicholas of Cusa

Nicholas of Cusa, born in 1401 and died on August 11, 1464, was a versatile scholar, philosopher, theologian, and mathematician whose ideas had a profound impact on posterity, particularly in the development of humanism and the scientific method. more

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