“I am a -living shadow and Thou the Truth… Therefore, my God, Thou art alike shadow and Truth; Thou art alike the image and the Exemplar of myself and all men.”

—  Nicholas of Cusa, book De Docta Ignorantia

De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)

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