Pico della Mirandola

American  

[pee-koh del-uh muh-ran-dl-uh, pee-kaw del-lah mee-rahn-daw-lah] / ˈpi koʊ ˌdɛl ə məˈræn dl ə, ˈpi kɔ ˌdɛl lɑ miˈrɑn dɔˌlɑ /

noun

1. Count Giovanni 1463–94, Italian humanist and writer.

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Pico della Mirandola British  

/ ˈpiːko ˌdɛlla miˈrandola /

noun

1. Count Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). 1463–94, Italian Platonist philosopher. His attempt to reconcile the ideas of classical, Christian, and Arabic writers in a collection of 900 theses, prefaced by his Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486), was condemned by the pope

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Pico della Mirandola

In his book "The Light in Troy," literary scholar Thomas Greene points to a 1513 letter written by poet Pietro Bembo to Giovanfrancesco Pico della Mirandola.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022

The 15th Century also had mystics such as Margery Kempe and pioneering humanist philosophers such as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.

From Time ● Jun. 17, 2015

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1463-1494, published 900 theses at Rome in defence of Platonic mysticism.

From Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Pico della Mirandola, the brilliant young scholar, was attracted, however, by the friar's eloquence.

From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice

From Italy he began to talk of Florence, of Pico della Mirandola, and the painters of the Renaissance.

From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)