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Pico della Mirandola

Pico became a symbol of Renaissance confidence in human possibility and learning.

BORN 1463 CE · Mirandola, ItalyDIED 1494 CE · Florence, ItalyERA Renaissance

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Articulated a Renaissance vision of human dignity, freedom, and intellectual ascent.

THE RECORD

His Oration framed humans as capable of rising or falling through choice and cultivation.
He studied Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, philosophy, theology, and Kabbalah.
His work shows both the ambition and tensions of Renaissance humanist synthesis.