It is not obvious that human beings are capable of understanding and determining the boundaries and limits of their own knowledge and thereby gain access to a higher knowledge of the nature of God, the universe, and the creative process.
Nicholas of Cusa made clear the nature of that difficult task when he introduced to the Italian Renaissance the fact that the only way to access wisdom was by not-knowing, as Socrates had done by realizing that all he knew was that he did not know.
