[lit-ideas] "Sphera Infinita Cuius Centrum Est Ubique, Circumferentia Vero Nusquam"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:43:49 EDT
In a message dated 9/4/2004 3:16:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, goya@xxxxxxx
writes:
Deus est sphera infinita cuius centrum est ubique, =
circumferentia=20
vero nusquam
"This proposition has been given by imagining the first Cause =
itself in
its own life as the center.
Indeed, the circle of its manifestation is above, exactly where =
it
ends at the outside. This is why its center is everywhere, since it has
no dimension for common notions. When it seeks the circumference of its
sphericity, it will say it rises as far as infinity, because all that
is without dimensions is as the Creator also was at the beginning, and
thus his limit is nowhere.
The proposition is thus evident."
----
The proposition may be evident for Mme Hudry, but not for me (I wonder if
it's evident for Geary).
I mean, I can understand what Nicholas of Cusa meant, but I'm slightly
unhappy with the identification he goes on to state between what lies on the
right
of the 'est' ("sphera infinita, etc.") and what lies on the left ("Deus").
It seems that the identification is _synthetic_, hardly evident, and maybe
even artificial.
Cheers,
JL
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