Nicole Oresme | |
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Born | Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France | 1 January 1325
Died | 11 July 1382[2] | (aged 57)
Alma mater | College of Navarre (University of Paris) |
Era | Medieval philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Nominalism[1] |
Institutions | College of Navarre (University of Paris) |
Main interests | Natural philosophy, astronomy, theology, mathematics |
Notable ideas | Rectangular co-ordinates, first proof of the divergence of the harmonic series, mean speed theorem |
Nicole Oresme (French: [nikɔl ɔʁɛm];[6] 1 January 1325 – 11 July 1382), also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy, philosophy, and theology; was Bishop of Lisieux, a translator, a counselor of King Charles V of France, and one of the most original thinkers of 14th-century Europe.[7]
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