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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Born February 24, 1463
Died November 17, 1494 (31 years old)
Mirandola, Duchy of Mirandola
Also known as: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, Giovanni ( Pico della Mirandola
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An Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher, (Wikipedia). Uncle of the similarly named Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola (1470-1533).

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De hominis dignitate

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The Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) is a famous public discourse pronounced in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola, an Italian scholar and philosopher of the Renaissance. It has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance". Pico's Oration attempted to remap the human landscape to center all attention on human capacity and human perspective. The Oration also served as an introduction to Pico's 900 theses, which he believed to provide a complete and sufficient basis for the discovery of all knowledge, and hence a model for mankind's ascent of the chain of being. - Wikipedia