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Italian: cognizione agguagli

English translation: [human] intelligence can be compared to divine wisdom







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Italian term or phrase:la cognizione [umana] agguagli la divina
English translation:[human] intelligence can be compared to divine wisdom
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Art/Literary - Philosophy / philosophy
Italian term or phrase: cognizione agguagli
phrase about education and intellect during the dark ages-renaissance.
Alexander Chisholm
Italy
from famous frase by Galileo Galilei
Explanation:
"...ma di quelle poche intese dall’intelletto umano credo che la cognizione agguagli la divina nella certezza obbiettiva..." (GG)
http://www.cronologia.it/storia/biografie/galilei2.htm

HUMAN INTELLIGENCE/COGNITIVE POTENTIAL APPROXIMATES/CAN BE COMPARED TO DIVINE WISDOM

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\"...the human mind, which is equipped with mathematical knowledge, coincides with the divine wisdom.\"

\"The assertion that the human mind is comparable to the divine mind turns the human intellect from a passive and receptive role to an active and exploratory one.\"

(http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~alex/education/hps/galileo.html)
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xxxIno66
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5 +3from famous frase by Galileo GalileixxxIno66
4knowledge equals the Divine
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from famous frase by Galileo Galilei

Explanation:
"...ma di quelle poche intese dall’intelletto umano credo che la cognizione agguagli la divina nella certezza obbiettiva..." (GG)
http://www.cronologia.it/storia/biografie/galilei2.htm

HUMAN INTELLIGENCE/COGNITIVE POTENTIAL APPROXIMATES/CAN BE COMPARED TO DIVINE WISDOM

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Note added at 2003-05-07 23:47:09 (GMT)
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\"...the human mind, which is equipped with mathematical knowledge, coincides with the divine wisdom.\"

\"The assertion that the human mind is comparable to the divine mind turns the human intellect from a passive and receptive role to an active and exploratory one.\"

(http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~alex/education/hps/galileo.html)

xxxIno66
United States
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree SwissTell
4 mins
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agree manducci: can be compared to/coincides with
37 mins
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agree Mario Marcolin
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knowledge equals the Divine

Explanation:
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Quotations.aspx?PhilCode=G...

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But with regard to those few which the human intellect does understand, I believe
that its knowledge equals the Divine in objective certainty.

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Of such are the mathematical sciences alone; that is, geometry and arithmetic, in which the Divine intellect indeed know infinitely more proposition, since it knows all. But with regard to those few which the human intellect does understand, I believe its for here it succeeds in understanding necessity, beyond which there can be no greater sureness.







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