Knowing Unknowingness

Nicolas of Cusa writes in, "Learned Ignorance" that we see the gift of God in all things. We have an innate sense of judgement which serves the condition of knowing. He concludes that every inquiry deals with the means of comparative relation sense we have to go back to compare it to something else, so infinity is incomparable because we cannot compare it to anything. He says we have desire in us, which is not in vain therefore we desire to know what we do not know. He is saying that there is so much in the world that we know, yet there are many many things that we are not aware of. If a man considers himself the most learned then he is compared to all people who know something instead of being compared to that which he knows, for does not know what he does not know. However if a man knows that he does not know something then he is more learned because he will strive to learn it instead of just being content knowing what he knows. He talks about one who is seeking knowing something which is unknown that they must raise their intellect above what can be understood. So in order for them to explain their new idea or finding they must give examples or illustrations to put it into easier terms to understand. This is a very interesting idea about knowingness. I think i now know why philosophers are so confusing, because many try to find things that are unknown to everyone and most of them lack the skills required to relay information in a way that can be understood by the masses. CHAKS TAKE