Pico della Mirandola

[ pee-koh del-uhmuh-ran-dl-uh; Italian pee-kaw del-lah mee-rahn-daw-lah ]

noun
  1. Count Gio·van·ni [jaw-vahn-nee], /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/, 1463–94, Italian humanist and writer.

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British Dictionary definitions for Pico della Mirandola

Pico della Mirandola

/ (Italian ˈpiːko ˌdɛlla miˈrandola) /


noun
  1. Count Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). 1463–94, Italian Platonist philosopher. His attempt to reconcile the ideas of classical, Christian, and Arabic writers in a collection of 900 theses, prefaced by his Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486), was condemned by the pope

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