“All men strive and hope for nothing other than eternal life in their human nature. For this they instituted purgations of souls and sacred rites, in order to be better adapted in their nature to that eternal life.”

—  Nicholas of Cusa

De Pace Fidei (The Peace of Faith) (1453)

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

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