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Of the inhabitants then of worlds other than our own we can know still less having no standards by which to appraise them. - Nicholas of Cusa
" "Of the inhabitants then of worlds other than our own we can know still less having no standards by which to appraise them.
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About Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – August 11, 1464), also referred to as Nicolaus Cusanus and Nicholas of Kues, was a German philosopher, theologian, jurist, astronomer, cardinal and mystic of the Catholic Church. One of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism, he made spiritual and political contributions in European history. A notable example of this is his mystical or spiritual writings on "learned ignorance," as well as his participation in power struggles between Rome and the German states of the Holy Roman Empire. Papal legate to Germany from 1446, he was appointed cardinal for his merits by Pope Nicholas V in 1448 and Prince–Bishop of Brixen two years later. In 1459 he became vicar general in the papal states.
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Native Name:
Nikolaus Krebs, Nikolaus von Kues, Nicholas Kryffts
Alternative Names:
Cusanus bem foda
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Nikolaus Krebs
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Nikolaus von Kues
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Nikolaus Cusanus
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Nikolaus Cryfftz
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Nikolaus von Cusa
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Nicholas of Kues
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P. Nicolavm Cvsanvm
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Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa
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Nicolaus Cusanus
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Nicolas of Cusa
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Nikolay kuzalik
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Cusanus
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Nicolaus von Cues
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A human society comes together by a general agreement in order to obey its kings. So in a truly well-ordered regime there ought to be an election of the ruler himself, by which the ruler is set up as the judge of those who choose him. Well-ordered and correct lordships and honors, then, are established by election, and so also are general judges established over those who elect them.
Therefore, come to our assistance, You who alone are powerful. For this rivalry is on account of You, whom alone all venerate in all that they seem to adore. For no one desires anything in all that one seems to desire other than the Good, which You are. Also in all intellectual deliberation no one searches for something other than the true, which You are. What does the living search for other than life? What does the existing search for other than existence? You, therefore, who bestow life and existence, are that one, who seems to be sought differently in the diverse rites and is named with diverse names, since You as You are remain unknown and ineffable for all.
The universe has no circumference, for if it had a center and a circumference there would be some and some thing beyond the world, suppositions which are wholly lacking in truth. Since, therefore, it is impossible that the universe should be enclosed within a corporeal center and corporeal boundary, it is not within our power to understand the universe, whose center and circumference are God. And though the universe cannot be infinite, nevertheless it cannot be conceived as finite since there are no limits within which it could be confined.
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