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Nicole Oresme

1323 - 1382

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Nicole Oresme (; French: [nikɔl ɔʁɛm]; 1 January 1325 – 11 July 1382), also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy, philosophy, and theology. He servedas Bishop of Lisieux, translated Aristotelian texts for King Charles V of France, and was a prominent scholar of 14th-century Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicole Oresme is the 263rd most popular philosopher (down from 262nd in 2019), the 708th most popular biography from France (down from 686th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Philosopher.

Nicole Oresme is most famous for his views on the earth's rotation. He argued that the earth rotates on its axis and orbits the sun.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nicole Oresme ranks 263 out of 1,267. Before him are Pherecydes of Syros, Donald Davidson, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Euclid of Megara, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, and Marsilius of Padua. After him are François Fénelon, Johann Reuchlin, Pat Robertson, Vladimir Solovyov, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Sebastian Brant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1323, Nicole Oresme ranks 1. After him are Bernabò Visconti, Philip I, Count of Auvergne, Charles, Duke of Durazzo, and Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders. Among people deceased in 1382, Nicole Oresme ranks 4. Before him are Louis I of Hungary, Joanna I of Naples, and Kęstutis. After him are Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy, Birutė, Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Winrich von Kniprode, Peter II of Cyprus, Lala Şahin Pasha, Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans, and Andrea Contarini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicole Oresme ranks 708 out of 6,770. Before him are Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Pierre Augereau (1757), Georges Perec (1936), Clotilde (475), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), and Antoine François Prévost (1697). After him are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), François Fénelon (1651), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Jules Grévy (1807).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Nicole Oresme ranks 33. Before him are Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Gabriel Marcel (1889), and Roger Garaudy (1913). After him are François Fénelon (1651), Sebastian Brant (1458), Raymond Aron (1905), Bruno Latour (1947), Jacques Maritain (1882), and Guy Debord (1931).

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