Nicolas of Cusa’s The Vision of God as an Illustration of the Idea of Divine Omnisubjectivity

Agnieszka Kijewska

doi:10.18290/rf25731.6

Published : 2025-03-31

Vol. 73 No. 1 (2025)

Nicolas of Cusa’s The Vision of God as an Illustration of the Idea of Divine Omnisubjectivity

Agnieszka Kijewska

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-538X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf25731.6

Abstract

The article concerns Linda T. Zagzebski’s book Omnisubjectivity. An Essay on God and Subjectivity (2023), in which she proposes the property of omnisubjectivity as a fundamental property of God’s being, encompassing a number of other attributes (such as love, justice, omniscience, and omnipresence) and is assumed in that fundamental relationship between the human being and the Absolute represented by prayer. In my article, I would like to illustrate Zagzebski’s concept with some examples taken from Nicholas of Cusa’s work The Vision of God. In my opinion, Cusanus’ texts not only provide a rich source of examples of the concept of omnisubjectivity, but also perfectly clarify Zagzebski’s understanding of omnisubjectivity in terms of the metaphor of light.

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concept of God, omnisubjectivity, Nicholas of Cusa, vision of God, perspective

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