Who is Nostradamus?

Question

That the said man predicted so many things to happen some hundreds of years ago,and it came to pass.

Answer 1

Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinized name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.


Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death and has always been hugely popular across the world, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, to say nothing of the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events. In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever succeeded in interpreting any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.

Nevertheless, interest in the work of this prominent figure of the French Renaissance is still considerable, especially in the media and in popular culture, and the prophecies have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible Code, as well as to other purported prophetic works.

Answer 2

Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinized name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.

Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death and has always been hugely popular across the world, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, to say nothing of the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events. In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever succeeded in interpreting any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance. [1]

Nevertheless, interest in the work of this prominent figure of the French Renaissance is still considerable, especially in the media and in popular culture, and the prophecies have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible Code, as well as to other purported prophetic works.

Answer 3

No one has ever predicted an event from his writings, only looked at his writings AFTER something happened.

Here's a perfect Nostradamus example, a single line from a quatrain...

"When weapons and documents are enclosed in a fish..."

Maybe he's talking about a ship.
Maybe he's talking about a submarine.
Maybe he's talking about dolphins being used for military purposes.
Maybe he's talking about things being smuggled inside of a big tuna.
Maybe he's talking about a particular time, as "When Mars and Mercury are in conjunction in Pisces".

Or, maybe he was just a guy trying to make a buck.

Answer 4

Was a men that made prediction's out of his own time, being considered very controversial prediction's because he used to write in symbols in a french (I think) writing not used anymore.
He had also pretend be Catholic or Cristian to keep his safety. I am not sure now, because my memory isn't too good, but it seems he was Jew, on order to keep his relationships with kings and queens, he pretended not being Jew.
Looks like he was a men with great knowledge on the Koran. He used to believe on hidden codes in the Koran, therefore, he used to studied it very close.
Some says his predictions were results of his studies on the Koran, but he used to tell his predictions were provenience of visions that used to torture his mind, and his writings was provenience of this visions as a way of getting some relief.
He used to say, the writing of his prediction's use to relief the pain and stress caused in his mind by his visions.
You can find more about him in the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus

Answer 5

Many things can be said to be predicted if we look for corrolations between symbolic statements and the many many events in the world, not just Nostradamus's ones.

Answer 6

Come into a infinite world of super quality people. And somewhere you tell for the wonders of nostradamus.

Answer 7

Well, Nostradamus was a doctor as well as predictor and a prophet. U can read bout' him in the link given below-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus

Hope It helped you.

Answer 8

A nut who thought he could tell the future. Sad people with nothing going on in thier lives believe him.

Answer 9

i know that he had predicted California earthquake with exact date.

Answer 10

I dont know! Right