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Work #1388 · Late

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus)
1462 · Latin
Philosophical-mystical treatise · Late-medieval mysticism / Cusan philosophy

Cusa's 1462 treatise — the Not-Other as the proper name of God

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Attribute On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

1462.

Space

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Late-medieval setting.

Matter

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Divine naming.

Observer

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Late Cusa.

Energy

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Apophatic-philosophical-mystical energies.

Information

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

Dialogue content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud)

De Non Aliud has remained influential late-Cusan apophatic-mystical text.