What is Nicholas of Cusa?
[[File:Nicholas of Cusa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nicholas of Cusa in c. 1450]] '''Nicholas of Kues''' (1401 – August 11, 1464) or '''Nicolaus Cusanus''' and '''Nicholas of Cusa''', was a [[Germans|German]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]], [[Theology|theologian]], [[jurist]], and [[Astronomy|astronomer]]. He was one of the first German proponents of [[Renaissance humanism]].<ref name=cathen>{{cite encyclopedia | author=Hagen, J.|title = Nicholas of Cusa | encyclopedia =The Catholic Encyclopedia | volume =11 | publisher =Robert Appleton Company | year =1911 | url =http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11060b.htm | accessdate =2008-10-13}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas of Cusa}} [[Category:1401 births]] [[Category:1464 deaths]] [[Category:German astronomers]] [[Category:German philosophers]] [[Category:German Roman Catholics]] [[Category:German theologians]] {{bio-stub}}