Re-Evaluating Pico: Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the Philosophy of Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola

by Sophia Howlett

This book offers a re-evaluation of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the prominent Italian Renaissance philosopher and prince of Concord. It argues that Pico is part of a history of attempted concordance between philosophy and theology, reason and faith. His contribution is a syncretist theological philosophy based on Christianity, Platonism, Aristotelianism and Jewish Kabbalism. After an introduction, Chapter 2 discusses Pico's career, his power-relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030595838
• ISBN13: 9783030595838
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"