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The Vision of God

By Nicholas of Cusa

Translated by Emma Gurney Salter

J. M. Dent and Sons, London, 1928

First written 1453

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Salter’s translation of De visione Dei, written for the monks of Tegernsee, which begins from an icon whose gaze follows every viewer and leads to God beyond the wall of the coincidence of opposites, with an introduction by Evelyn Underhill.

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Nicholas of Cusa. The Vision of God. Translated by Emma Gurney Salter. J. M. Dent and Sons, London, 1928.

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@misc{sources-vision-of-god-salter,
  title = {{The Vision of God}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/vision-of-god-salter}
}