Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Philosopher

Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈpiko della miˈrandola]; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance 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 famous 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".

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Birth date	February 24, 1463
Birth place	Mirandola
Date of death	November 17, 1494
Place of death	Florence
Era	Renaissance philosophy
Main interest	Politics Religion Magic (paranormal) History

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influenced	Desiderius Erasmus Thomas More John Colet
influenced by	Aristotle Kabbalah Marsilio Ficino Plato Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Nicholas of Cusa Neoplatonism
philosophical school	Renaissance philosophy