Nicholas of Cusa

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Catholic cardinal Christian mystic German person Renaissance philosopher cardinal human philosopher theologian

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nicholas of Cusa canonical 6
Nicholas Cusanus 1
Nicolaus Cusanus 1

Statements (70)

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

Nikolaus Kryfftz ⓘ
birthPlace Electorate of Trier ⓘ
Kues ⓘ
Moselle River ⓘ
surface form: Moselle
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 Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance philosophy
fieldOfWork canon law ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
founded Cusanus-Stift ⓘ
surface form: Cusanusstift in Kues
influenced Pico della Mirandola ⓘ
surface form: 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 Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Christian Neoplatonism

Platonism ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
name Nicholas of Cusa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas Cusanus

Nicholas of Cusa self-link ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nicolaus Cusanus
nationality German ⓘ
notableWork De coniecturis ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia ⓘ
surface form: De docta ignorantia

De ludo globi ⓘ
De mathematica perfectione ⓘ
De pace fidei ⓘ
Beatific Vision ⓘ
surface form: De visione Dei
occupation bishop ⓘ
cardinal ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposed conciliarism ⓘ
participantIn Council of Basel ⓘ
Council of Florence ⓘ
patronOf Cusanus-Stift ⓘ
surface form: Cusanusstift in Kues
positionHeld Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Brixen

Cardinal of the Catholic Church ⓘ
papal legate ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
supported papal primacy ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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 ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia → author → Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
subject surface form: De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa → name → Nicholas of Cusa self-link ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa → name → Nicholas of Cusa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicholas Cusanus
Nicholas of Cusa → name → Nicholas of Cusa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicolaus Cusanus