Nicholas of Cusa Quotes on Mind
Nicholas of Cusa was a German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician at the threshold between the medieval and Renaissance worlds. This page collects quotes attributed to Nicholas of Cusa on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa:
“The intellect knows that it is ignorant.”
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“With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.”
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“See, therefore, how you, the philosophers of various schools of thought, agree in the religion of the one God, whom you all presupposed in that which you as lovers of wisdom acknowledge”
De Pace Fidei(The Peace of Faith) (1453) -
“Therefore in the Qur'an the splendour of the Gospel shines forth to the wise, to those who are led by the Spirit of Christ”
Cribratio Alkorani(Sifting the Qur'an)