NICHOLAS OF CUSA

PERSONAL LIFE

• Born in 1401
• Considered a cardinal, mathematician,scholar, experimental scientist, and influential philosopher
• Dies on August 11, 1464
• Skilled in theology, math, philosophy, science, and the arts

VIEWS AND BELIEFS

• Stressed incomplete nature of a man's knowledge of God and the universe
• Known for opposing a candidate suited for papacy
• Participated in the Counsel of Basel (1432) and De concordantia catholica (1433)
• Ordained a priest in 1440
• Was a model renaissance man

CONTINUED

• Describes the learned man as "one who is aware of his own ignorance"
• Diagnostic medicine and applied science
• Anticipated the work of Copernicus
• Plant growth