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Nicholas of Cusa: The Vision of God

Nicholas of Cusa · translated by Emma Gurney Salter · 1453; translation 1928

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NICHOLAS OF CUSA: THE VISION OF GOD Nicholas of Cusa

Translated by Emma Gurney Salter. Date: 1453; translation 1928. Public domain. Source: https://archive.org/details/visionofgod00nich

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Contents (29 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page
  3. Title page (continued)
  4. Title page (continued)
  5. Title page (continued)
  6. Introduction Ts
  7. Introduction Ts (continued)
  8. Introduction Ts (continued)
  9. Contents
  10. I. That the Perfection of the Image Is Verified of God the Supremely Perfect
  11. Preface
  12. Preface (continued)
  13. That the Perfection of the Image Is Verified of God the Supremely Perfect
  14. That the Attributes of God Are Not Really Different
  15. That the Gaze of God Is Called Providence, Grace, and Lire Eternal
  16. That Sight Is Tasting, Seeking, Pitying, and Acting
  17. Of Seeing Face to Face
  18. What Is the Fruit of Seeing Face to Face and How It Is to Be Had
  19. That the Gaze of Gop 1S Itself the Loving, Effecting, Reading, and Possessing of All…
  20. How the Gaze of God Is Alike Universal and Particular, and What Is the Way Thereunto
  21. How the Gaze of God Is Alike Universal and Particular, and What Is the Way Thereunto (continued)
  22. That Where the Invisible Is Seen the Uncreated Is Created
  23. That Where the Invisible Is Seen the Uncreated Is Created (continued)
  24. That Where the Invisible Is Seen the Uncreated Is Created (continued)
  25. That Where the Invisible Is Seen the Uncreated Is Created (continued)
  26. That Where the Invisible Is Seen the Uncreated Is Created (continued)
  27. Chapter XXII
  28. Chapter XXII (continued)
  29. Chapter XXV

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Nicholas of Cusa. Nicholas of Cusa: The Vision of God. Translated by Emma Gurney Salter. Internet Archive, 1453; translation 1928. https://archive.org/details/visionofgod00nich
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Nicholas of Cusa. Nicholas of Cusa: The Vision of God. Translated by Emma Gurney Salter, Internet Archive, 1453; translation 1928. https://archive.org/details/visionofgod00nich
APA
Nicholas of Cusa (1453; translation 1928). Nicholas of Cusa: The Vision of God (Emma Gurney Salter, Trans.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/visionofgod00nich

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