“nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): First Modern Philosopher?”

Nicholas of Cusa and Raymond Lull: a comparison

Nicholas of Cusa (NC) (1401-1464) is one of the most prominent neo-platonic philosophers of the Renaissance. Son of a rich merchant, he studied liberal arts and canon law in Heidelberg (1416), Padua (1417-1423) and Cologne (1425-1426). His time in Padua let him breathe the free air of Italian quattrocento. There he first met some of his later friends who would become influential men of Church, ...

The challenges of higher education based on Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of modern culture

As has been indicated in some documents, the higher education as an institution has been large history-more than eight century- and in this large history, important event has been happened. Higher education in modern era follows the modernity as encompass movement by the components such as scientism, individualism, mass production, technicism. Arising such tendencies in higher education has enc...

On Learned Ignorance

Social Choice in Medieval Europe

Il existait au Moyen-âge des pensées profondes et raffinées du choix social, surtout chez Ramon Llull, (ca 1232-1316) et Nicolaus Krebs, surnommé ‘de Cusa’ ou ‘Cusanus’ (1401-64). Deux règles fondamentales du choix social moderne, c'est-à-dire celles de Copeland (généralisation de la règle de Condorcet) et de Borda, ont été proposées par Llull et Cusanus plusieurs siècles avant l'«âge d'or» du ...

Differences between CusA and AcrB Crystallisation Highlighted by Protein Flexibility

BACKGROUND Until very recently, AcrB was the only Resistance Nodulation and cell Division transporter for which the structure has been elucidated. Towards a general understanding of this protein family, CusA and AcrB were compared. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In dodecylmaltoside, AcrB crystallised in many different conditions, while CusA does not. This could be due to the difference in dyn...