{"title":"Giovanni Pico della Mirandola","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Pico della Mirandola offers a profound exploration of Renaissance thought through works that challenge and expand traditional philosophy. His writings invite readers to engage with complex ideas on human dignity, knowledge, and the intersection of various intellectual traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, expect texts that blend rigorous philosophical inquiry with a bold synthesis of classical, religious, and mystical perspectives. These works remain essential for anyone interested in the foundations of humanism and the enduring questions of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"900-conclusions-by-giovanni-pico-della-mirandola-9780674298910","title":"900 Conclusions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking edition of controversial theses proposed by the most famous philosopher of the Italian Renaissance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), the most famous philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, had ambitions in line with his talents, especially in philosophical theology. His boldest venture urged Christians to save their souls with Jewish mysticism—Kabbalah—while also offering to debate anyone in Italy about his project. In 1486, he announced plans for a disputation in Rome on 900 theses, but Pope Innocent VIII quashed the event with an indictment for crimes against Christian orthodoxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePico's theses cited well-known scholastic authorities: Muslims like Ibn Rushd, Jews like Maimonides, and Christians like John Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas. However, as Brian Copenhaver demonstrates in \u003cem\u003eNine Hundred Conclusions\u003c\/em\u003e, many of Pico's scholastic sources were filtered through a less renowned Thomist theologian named Jean Cabrol (Capreolus). Pico also sought to enrich Christian theology with newly available authorities from the Platonic and Pythagorean traditions, as well as theosophical texts associated with ancient Orphism and Hermetism. Supreme among his authorities were theses taken from medieval Jewish Kabbalah, which Pico regarded as an angelic revelation and tried to appropriate for Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe present volume is a groundbreaking contribution, containing a new critical edition of the Latin text along with a new translation into contemporary English, a detailed introduction, and a commentary discussing each of the 900 theses individually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423671664876,"sku":"9780674298910","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/512RvuqcAWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774428033"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}