Omniscience is the property of possessing maximal knowledge. In Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions, it is often attributed to a divine being or an all-knowing spirit, entity or pe
Omniciencia, mural by José Clemente Orozco
Stained glass, Holy Family Church, Teconnaught, September 2010 crop
The Eye of Providence or All-Seeing Eye is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by rays of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over
Omniscience
…schools. The word omniscience derives from the Latin word sciens ("to know" or "conscious") and the prefix omni ("all" or "every"), but also means "all-seeing". The topic of omniscience has been much debated in various Indian traditions, but no more so than by the Buddhists. After Dharmakirti's excursions…
Eye of God on apse chapel ceiling in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv
Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, alongside Abbé Sieyès, and Honoré Mirabeau, were the primary constitutional architects of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which features the Eye of Providence at the top. Decreed early in the French Revolution by the Assembly in France (1789), the document was illustrated by French artist, Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738-1826).
All-Seeing Eye in a Cape Dutch gable in Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Eye of Providence depicted on the "Vistina – La Verite", a medallion issued by the Masonic Lodge in Skopje, North Macedonia