Pico Della Mirandola: New Essays

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. 9781107415171 1107415179 0 Philosophy NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=N3u0ngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: M. V. Dougherty
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Jun 19, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 238 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1107415179
• • ISBN-13: 9781107415171