Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)

Nicholas of Cusa

German cardinal and philosopher (1401–1464)

Nicholas of Cusa, 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…