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Quote by Nicholas of Cusa

“An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul].”

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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

“Every angle acknowledges that it is a likeness of true angularity, for [each angle] is angle not insofar as angle exists in itself but insofar as angle exists in something else, viz., in a surface. And so, true angularity is present in creatable and depictable angles as in a likeness of itself.”

Surface Acknowledge Angle

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“A line partakes of the simplicity of a point more than does a surface; and a surface [partakes thereof more] than does a material object-as was evident. From this consideration of a point and a material object elevate yourself unto a likeness of True Being and of the universe; and by means of [this] quite clear symbolism [of a point] make a conjecture about what has been said.”

Mean Doe Has Beens Said Universe Lines Clear Objects Materials Simplicity Surface Consideration Evident Symbolism Conjecture

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“For all the [body's] members seek nothing except inseparable union with the intellect, as with their beginning, ultimate good, and everlasting life.”

Body Members Ultimate Unions Intellect Everlasting Inseparable Everlasting Life

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