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Nicholas of Cusa

1401 - 1464

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Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (), was a German Catholic bishop and polymath active as a philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. One of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism, he made spiritual and political contributions to European culture. A notable example of this is his mystical or spiritual writings on "learned ignorance," as well as his participation in power struggles between Rome and the German states of the Holy Roman Empire. As papal legate to Germany from 1446, he was appointed cardinal for his merits by Pope Nicholas V in 1448 and Prince-Bishop of Brixen two years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas of Cusa is the 77th most popular philosopher (up from 80th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Philosopher.

Nicholas of Cusa is most famous for his work on the infinite and the infinitesimal.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nicholas of Cusa ranks 77 out of 1,267. Before him are Nagarjuna, Pliny the Elder, Peter Abelard, Leucippus, Edmund Husserl, and Al-Kindi. After him are Rudolf Steiner, Gregory of Nazianzus, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Jaspers, Roland Barthes, and Herbert Spencer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Nicholas of Cusa ranks 3. Before him are Masaccio, and Catherine of Valois. After him are Francesco I Sforza, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Emperor Shōkō, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Stephen Zápolya, George Sphrantzes, and Badi' al-Zaman Mirza. Among people deceased in 1464, Nicholas of Cusa ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius II. After him are Cosimo de' Medici, Rogier van der Weyden, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Zagan Pasha, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Blanche II of Navarre, Bernardo Rossellino, Desiderio da Settignano, Catherine of Poděbrady, and John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nicholas of Cusa ranks 93 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erich von Manstein (1887), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Bruce Willis (1955), Clara Schumann (1819), and Charles the Bald (823). After him are Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Klemens von Metternich (1773), and Karl Jaspers (1883).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Nicholas of Cusa ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Friedrich Engels (1820), Martin Heidegger (1889), Hannah Arendt (1906), and Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Karl Jaspers (1883), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Jürgen Habermas (1929), and Carl von Clausewitz (1780).

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