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 | 6 |
| Nicholas Cusanus | 1 |
| Nicolaus Cusanus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3455543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nicholas of Cusa Context triple: [Renaissance Platonism, promotedBy, Nicholas of Cusa]
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Johann Eck
Johann Eck was a prominent German Catholic theologian and controversialist best known for his role as a leading opponent of Martin Luther during the early Reformation.
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Johannes Oecolampadius
Johannes Oecolampadius was a leading early Reformation theologian and reformer in Basel, known for his work on biblical scholarship and church reform alongside figures such as Zwingli and other Swiss reformers.
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Francisco Suárez
Francisco Suárez was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century Spanish Jesuit philosopher and theologian whose work in metaphysics, law, and political theory significantly shaped early modern scholasticism and the development of international law.
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Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno was a 16th-century Italian philosopher, cosmologist, and Dominican friar known for advocating an infinite universe with innumerable worlds and for being executed for heresy by the Roman Inquisition.
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Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nicholas of Cusa Target entity description: 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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A.
Johann Eck
Johann Eck was a prominent German Catholic theologian and controversialist best known for his role as a leading opponent of Martin Luther during the early Reformation.
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B.
Johannes Oecolampadius
Johannes Oecolampadius was a leading early Reformation theologian and reformer in Basel, known for his work on biblical scholarship and church reform alongside figures such as Zwingli and other Swiss reformers.
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C.
Francisco Suárez
Francisco Suárez was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century Spanish Jesuit philosopher and theologian whose work in metaphysics, law, and political theory significantly shaped early modern scholasticism and the development of international law.
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D.
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno was a 16th-century Italian philosopher, cosmologist, and Dominican friar known for advocating an infinite universe with innumerable worlds and for being executed for heresy by the Roman Inquisition.
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E.
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cardinal
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Christian mystic ⓘ German person ⓘ Renaissance philosopher ⓘ cardinal ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1401 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Nikolaus Kryfftz
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surface form:
Nikolaus Krebs
Nikolaus Kryfftz ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Electorate of Trier
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Kues ⓘ Moselle River ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle
|
| burialPlace | San Pietro in Vincoli ⓘ |
| citizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1464-08-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Papal States
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Todi ⓘ Umbria ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cologne
NERFINISHED
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University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Padua ⓘ |
| era |
Renaissance Platonism
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surface form:
Renaissance philosophy
|
| fieldOfWork |
canon law
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mathematics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| founded |
Cusanus-Stift
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surface form:
Cusanusstift in Kues
|
| influenced |
Pico della Mirandola
ⓘ
surface form:
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Neoplatonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coincidence of opposites
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contributions to philosophy of religion ⓘ doctrine of learned ignorance ⓘ mathematical mysticism ⓘ speculative metaphysics ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian Platonism
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surface form:
Christian Neoplatonism
Platonism ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| name |
Nicholas of Cusa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nicholas Cusanus
Nicholas of Cusa self-link ⓘ Nicholas of Cusa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nicolaus Cusanus
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| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De coniecturis
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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
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| occupation |
bishop
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cardinal ⓘ jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| opposed | conciliarism ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Council of Basel
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Council of Florence ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Cusanus-Stift
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surface form:
Cusanusstift in Kues
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| positionHeld |
Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone
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surface form:
Bishop of Brixen
Cardinal of the Catholic Church ⓘ papal legate ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| supported | papal primacy ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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