Nicole Oresme
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Nicole Oresme (French: [nikɔl ɔʁɛm];[3] c. 1320–1325 – 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.[4]
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Born | c. 1325 Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France |
Died | 11 July 1382[1] |
Alma mater | College of Navarre (University of Paris) |
Era | Medieval philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Nominalism[2] |
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 |
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