Giovanni Pico della Mirandola lived from 24 February 1463 to 17 November 1494 and was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher, 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, writing for the occasion 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, and his 900 Theses was the first printed book to be universally banned by the Church; Pico is sometimes seen as a proto-Protestant, because his 900 theses anticipated many Protestant views.
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 - 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463-17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher
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Giovanni was born at Mirandola, near Modena, the youngest son of Gianfrancesco I Pico, Lord of Mirandola and Count of Concordia, by his wife Giulia, daughter of Feltrino Boiardo, Count of Scandiano.
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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.'
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Political philosophy, Politics, philosophy of history, history, philosophy of religion, religion, Western esotericism, esotericism
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Political philosophy, Politics, philosophy of history, history, philosophy of religion, religion, Western esotericism, esotericism
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Political philosophy, Politics, philosophy of history, history, philosophy of religion, religion, Western esotericism, esotericism
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