Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia ( PEE-koh DEL-ə mirr-A(H)N-də-lə; 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. 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", and a key text of Renaissance humanism and of what has been called the "Hermetic Reformation". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola is the 89th most popular philosopher (down from 82nd in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Italy (down from 169th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian philosopher who was most famous for his 900 theses that were published in 1486. The theses were a defense of the Christian faith and an attack on the Aristotelianism that was popular at the time.