“In God, absolute unity is absolute multiplicity, absolute identity is absolute diversity”

—  Nicholas of Cusa , book De Docta Ignorantia

De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
Context: In God, absolute unity is absolute multiplicity, absolute identity is absolute diversity; absolute actuality is absolute potentiality

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German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer 1401–1464

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