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Pico della Mirandola | |
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 Portrait from the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence | |
| Born | 24 February 1463 |
| Died | 17 November 1494 (aged 31) |
| Education | University of Bologna, University of Ferrara, University of Padua, University of Paris |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Renaissance philosophy Christian humanism Neoplatonism |
Main interests | Politics, history, religion, esotericism |
Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia (/ˈpiːkoʊ ˌdɛlə mɪˈrændələ, -ˈrɑːn-/ PEE-koh DEL-ə mirr-A(H)N-də-lə;[1][2] Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈpiːko della miˈrandola]; Latin: Johannes Picus de Mirandula; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494), known as Pico della Mirandola, was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.[3] He is famed for the events of 1486, when, at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy, and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the Oration on the Dignity of Man, which has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance",[4] and a key text of Renaissance humanism and of what has been called the "Hermetic Reformation".[5] He was the founder of the tradition of Christian Kabbalah, a key tenet of early modern Western esotericism. The 900 Theses was the first printed book to be universally banned by the Church.[6] Pico is sometimes seen as a proto-Protestant, because his 900 theses anticipated many Protestant views.[7]
- ^ "Pico della Mirandola". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Pico della Mirandola". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Conte" in Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge, volume 15, copyright 1991. Grolier Inc., ISBN 0-7172-5300-7
- ^ Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486) wsu.edu Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Heiser, James D., Prisci Theologi and the Hermetic Reformation in the Fifteenth Century, Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4610-9382-4
- ^ Hanegraaff p. 54
- ^ "Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 - Christian Classics Ethereal Library". www.ccel.org. Retrieved 23 December 2021.