Nicholas of Cusa on Nature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Nicholas of Cusa, catalogued under nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa, entry #156684: "For we see that man is a civil and political animal, and is naturally inclined to civilization."
Attributed to Nicholas of Cusa, entry #145777: "That all legislation is based on the natural law, and that all coercion must be brought about by the choice and consent of the subjects, since we are equally free by nature, and t…"
3 Quotes by Nicholas of Cusa on Nature
"For we see that man is a civil and political animal, and is naturally inclined to civilization."
"That all legislation is based on the natural law, and that all coercion must be brought about by the choice and consent of the subjects, since we are equally free by nature, and that jurisdictions that are created have no power from themselves, but only according to the laws and canons. This is a fine argument."
"Life, as it exists on Earth in the form of men, animals and plants, is to be found, let us suppose in a high form in the solar and stellar regions. Rather than think that so many stars and parts of the heavens are uninhabited and that this earth of ours alone is peopled – and that with beings perhaps of an inferior type – we will suppose that in every region there are inhabitants, differing in nature by rank and all owing their origin to God, who is the center and circumference of all stellar regions"