Pico della Mirandola
This volume provides a comprehensive presentation of the philosophical work of the fifteenth-century Renaissance thinker Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. In essays specially commissioned for this book, a distinguished group of scholars presents the central tropics and texts of Pico’s literary output. Best known as the author of the celebrated “Oration on the Dignity of Man,” a magnificent speech originally intended to introduce a debate of 900 theses to be held in Rome before the Pope, the College of Cardinals, and an international group of scholars, Pico also wrote several other prominent works.
- Essays in this volume treat several of Pico's works not presently available in English translation
- Unveils the vastness of the subject matter of Pico's literary corpus
- Essays engage critically the vast body of scholarly literature on Pico
Product details
June 2014Paperback
9781107415171
238 pages
229 × 152 × 13 mm
0.33kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction M. V. Dougherty
- 2. Pico on the relationship of rhetoric and philosophy Jill Kraye
- 3. Pico, theology, and the church Paul Richard Blum
- 4. Pico della Mirandola's philosophy of religion Michael Sudduth
- 5. The birth day of Venus: Pico as platonic exegete in the Commento and the Heptaplus Michael J. B. Allen
- 6. Three precursors to Pico della Mirandola's Roman disputation and the question of human nature in the Oratio M. V. Dougherty
- 7. Pico on magic and astrology Sheila J. Rabin
- 8. Pico's quest for all knowledge Carl N. Still
- 9. A philosophical life Francesco Borghesi.