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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nicholas of Cusa canonical 11
Nicolaus Cusanus 2
Nicholas 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 ⓘ
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
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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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Christian Platonism → hasNotableProponent → Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
John Scotus Eriugena → influenced → Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Meister Eckhart → influenced → Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Nicolaus → hasNotableBearerForm → Nicolaus Cusanus ⓘ
linked to: Nicholas of Cusa