Humans are unable to comprehend the superiority and boundlessness that is God. Not only does the mental capacity of humans cause us to limit ourselves compared to God, our language further makes us finite and unable to properly communicate the true greatness that is God without reducing and belittling the true meaning of God. Eckhart believes the opposite. He argues that God is born within the human soul and we can posses God in all places and things by being passive and keeping intact with our soul. The main difference between Eckhart and Cusanus is that Cusanus believes that God is superior to humans and that a relationship with him is not obtainable since we are unable to comprehend his superiority. Eckhart believes that a relationship is obtainable if we are able to stay close to our soul, which is where the word of God is born and kept. These arguments that Cusanus and Eckhart have show the differing ideas between philosophers of that time and show that there are many ways to interpret the relationship between God and
Humans are unable to comprehend the superiority and boundlessness that is God. Not only does the mental capacity of humans cause us to limit ourselves compared to God, our language further makes us finite and unable to properly communicate the true greatness that is God without reducing and belittling the true meaning of God. Eckhart believes the opposite. He argues that God is born within the human soul and we can posses God in all places and things by being passive and keeping intact with our soul. The main difference between Eckhart and Cusanus is that Cusanus believes that God is superior to humans and that a relationship with him is not obtainable since we are unable to comprehend his superiority. Eckhart believes that a relationship is obtainable if we are able to stay close to our soul, which is where the word of God is born and kept. These arguments that Cusanus and Eckhart have show the differing ideas between philosophers of that time and show that there are many ways to interpret the relationship between God and