De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
Quotes from book
De Docta Ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa
Original title
De docta ignorantia
(Latin, 1440)
De docta ignorantia is a book on philosophy and theology by Nicholas of Cusa , who finished writing it on 12 February 1440 in his hometown of Kues, Germany.
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
“All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.”
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
trans. Jasper Hopkins (Minneapolis: Arthur J Banning Press, 1990), 119 – 20.
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
“In God, absolute unity is absolute multiplicity, absolute identity is absolute diversity”
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
