Pico Della Mirandola: New Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107415171)

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.

Author: M. V. Dougherty
ISBN-10: 1107415179
ISBN-13: 9781107415171
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2014
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d