Giovanni Pico della Mirandola - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (February 24, 1463 – November 17, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance humanist philosopher and scholar. Most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia Ii - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola - Biography
Pico was a younger son of the family of the Counts of Mirandola and Concordia, feudal lords of a small region in the province of Emilia-R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia Ii - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola - Biography
He belonged to a family that had long dwelt in the Castle of Mirandola (Duchy of Modena). To devote himself wholly to study, he left his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1463: Encyclopedia - 1463
1463 - Events. January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris 1463 - Births. January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marsilio Ficino: Encyclopedia - Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) (Figline Valdarno, October 19, 1433 - Careggi, October 1, 1499) was one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1494: Encyclopedia - 1494
1494 - Events. January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. May 31 - Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophers - Notes
Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorenzo De' Medici: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorenzo De' Medici - Lorenzo And Politics
Lorenzo was born into the leading family in Florence, owners of an international bank with branches throughout Europe. His grandfather, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorenzo De' Medici: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorenzo De' Medici - Lorenzo And The Renaissance
Another of Lorenzo's successes was in the fields of art and learning; he gathered at his court the leading artists and intellectuals of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorenzo De' Medici: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorenzo De' Medici - Later Years
One area in which he was not successful was business; during his tenure several branches of the family bank collapsed because of bad loan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia Ii - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola - Writings
In the Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486), Pico justifies the importance of the human quest for knowledge within a neo-Platonic framewo...   » Read the article