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Nicholas of Kues (1401 – August 11 1464) also referred to as Nicolaus Cusanus and Nicholas of Cusa was a German philosopher theologian jurist and astronomer. One of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism he made spiritual and political contributions in European history.

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birth date
1401-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Holy Roman Empire, Electorate of Trier, Bernkastel-Kues
death date
1464-08-11
death place
Todi, Papal States, Umbria
era
Renaissance philosophy, Medieval philosophy
individualised GND number
118588095
influenced
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Roberto Mangabeira Unger
influenced by
Albertus Magnus, Aristotle, Plato, Proclus, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Pythagoreanism, Thomas Aquinas, Plotinus, Bonaventure, Ramon Llull, Meister Eckhart, Johannes Scotus Eriugena
LCCN Id
n/81/120432

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