Nicholas of Cusa Quotes
Nicholas of Cusa was a German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician at the threshold between the medieval and Renaissance worlds. His treatise On Learned Ignorance argued that the highest human wisdom is the recognition that the infinite is not commensurable with the finite, and he developed the doctrine of the coincidence of opposites in God. The quotes below are attributed to Nicholas of Cusa, organized by topic.
Nicholas of Cusa on God
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“God is the absolute maximum and the absolute minimum at the same time.”
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“All things are what they are because the infinite makes them so.”
Nicholas of Cusa on Knowledge
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“The intellect knows that it is ignorant.”
Nicholas of Cusa on Nature
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“The center of the universe is everywhere, and its circumference nowhere.”
Nicholas of Cusa on Truth
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“Every searcher into truth knows by some revelation.”