Nicolaus de cusa biography of barack obama

Nicholas of Cusa (born in 1401 in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany – died August 11, 1464 in Todi) was a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, a philosopher, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer.

He is also referred to as Nicolaus Cusanus and Nicholas of Kues.　　 Nicholas is best known for his philosophy, encapsulated in two famous phrases: The “coincidence of opposites,” meaning that the many entities and the diversity of the finite world coincide with the oneness of the infinite realm of God; and “of learned ignorance,” the idea that the key to experiencing mystic unity with God through intellectual intuition is an awareness that a complete conceptual understanding of God is impossible and can only be acquired in a limited fashion.

His thought exhibited strong elements of mysticism and Platonism within the framework of Christian faith.

Nicholas was instrumental in developing the concept of “panentheism,” the idea that God is present in all things and yet transcends all things.