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Nicholas of Cusa
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Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464)

German philosopher, involved in the transition from scholasticism to the philosophy of modern times. He argued that knowledge is learned ignorance (docta ignorantia) since God, the ultimate object of knowledge, is above the opposites by which human reason grasps the objects of nature. He also asserted that the universe is boundless and has no circumference, thus breaking with medieval cosmology.



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CUSA then decided to refuse "resources, space, recognition or funding" to groups that promoted "anti-choice" views, saying such groups "compromised the personal safety and threatened the self-esteem of women who may contemplate abortion or have chosen to have an abortion.
Out goes the house-like image of the medieval cosmos, and Harries highlights the influential philosophical realignments framed by the Renaissance scholar Nicholas of Cusa, alongside the exploration of perspective by his contemporary Leon Battista Alberti, a philosophical and practical construct that located man at the centre of the universe.
 
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