Nicholas of Cusa

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Nicholas of Cusa was a 15th-century German cardinal, philosopher, and theologian whose speculative metaphysics and mathematical mysticism helped shape early Renaissance Platonism and humanist thought.

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Nicholas of Cusa canonical 6
Nicholas Cusanus 1
Nicolaus Cusanus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Christian mystic
German person
Renaissance philosopher
cardinal
human
philosopher
theologian
activeInCentury 15th century
birthDate 1401
birthName Nikolaus Krebs
linked to: Nikolaus Kryfftz

Nikolaus Kryfftz
birthPlace Electorate of Trier
Kues
Moselle
linked to: Moselle River
burialPlace San Pietro in Vincoli
citizenship Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1464-08-11
deathPlace Papal States
Todi
Umbria
educatedAt University of Cologne NERFINISHED
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Padua
era Renaissance philosophy
fieldOfWork canon law
mathematics
metaphysics
theology
founded Cusanusstift in Kues
linked to: Cusanus-Stift
influenced Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Renaissance Platonism
early modern philosophy
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo
Neoplatonism
Plato
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
knownFor coincidence of opposites
contributions to philosophy of religion
doctrine of learned ignorance
mathematical mysticism
speculative metaphysics
languageOfWork Latin
movement Christian Neoplatonism
linked to: Christian Platonism

Platonism
Renaissance humanism
name Nicholas Cusanus
linked to: Nicholas of Cusa

Nicholas of Cusa
Nicolaus Cusanus
linked to: Nicholas of Cusa
nationality German
notableWork De coniecturis
De docta ignorantia
De ludo globi
De mathematica perfectione
De pace fidei
De visione Dei
linked to: Beatific Vision
occupation bishop
cardinal
jurist
philosopher
theologian
opposed conciliarism
participantIn Council of Basel
Council of Florence
patronOf Cusanusstift in Kues
linked to: Cusanus-Stift
positionHeld Bishop of Brixen
Cardinal of the Catholic Church
papal legate
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
supported papal primacy

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Renaissance Platonism promotedBy Nicholas of Cusa
Giordano Bruno influencedBy Nicholas of Cusa
Donation of Constantine criticizedBy Nicholas of Cusa
Proclus influenced Nicholas of Cusa
De docta ignorantia author Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa name Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa name Nicholas Cusanus
linked to: Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa name Nicolaus Cusanus
linked to: Nicholas of Cusa