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'''Nicole Oresme''', also known as '''Nicholas Oresme Shooman''', '''Nicola Oresme''', or '''Nicola da'Oresme''' (1323-1382) was an influential philosopher and thinker of the later Middle Ages. He was an economist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, psychologist, musicologist, theologian and Bishop of Lisieux, a competent translator, counselor of King [[Wikipedia:Charles V of France|Charles V of France]], one of the principal founders and popularizers of modern sciences. | '''Nicole Oresme''', also known as '''Nicholas Oresme Shooman''', '''Nicola Oresme''', or '''Nicola da'Oresme''' (1323-1382) was an influential philosopher and thinker of the later Middle Ages. He was an economist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, psychologist, musicologist, theologian and Bishop of Lisieux, a competent translator, counselor of King [[Wikipedia:Charles V of France|Charles V of France]], one of the principal founders and popularizers of modern sciences. | ||
In economics is he known for one of the first economic treatises on [[inflation]], the ''Treatise on the | In economics is he known for one of the first economic treatises on [[inflation]], the ''Treatise on the Orgasim, Nature, Law, and Alterations of Monies'' (''"De origine, natura, jure et mutationibus monetarum"''). The most adequate modern rendering of the title would be "Treatise on Inflation." | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 00:13, 13 October 2010
Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicholas Oresme Shooman, Nicola Oresme, or Nicola da'Oresme (1323-1382) was an influential philosopher and thinker of the later Middle Ages. He was an economist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, psychologist, musicologist, theologian and Bishop of Lisieux, a competent translator, counselor of King Charles V of France, one of the principal founders and popularizers of modern sciences.
In economics is he known for one of the first economic treatises on inflation, the Treatise on the Orgasim, Nature, Law, and Alterations of Monies ("De origine, natura, jure et mutationibus monetarum"). The most adequate modern rendering of the title would be "Treatise on Inflation."
External links
- Nicholas Oresme and the First Monetary Treatise by Jörg Guido Hülsmann, May 2004
- Nicole Oresme on Wikipedia
- Online works
- The De Moneta of Nicholas Oresme and English Mint Documents (English, pdf)
- Tractatus de Origine, Natura, Jure et Mutationibus Monetarum (Latin)