
Re-evaluating Pico
Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the Philosophy of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Sophia Howlett(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 2. December 2020
Book
Hardback
IX, 251 pages
978-3-030-59580-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 and his work, Chapters 3 and 4 place his three pillars of Platonism, Aristotelianism and Kabbalism in their historical context, examines shared histories, and introduces the scholars around Pico who contributed so much in each of these traditions (introducing, for example, Christian Kabbalism), including exploring Pico's complex relationship with Marsilio Ficino. Chapter 5 examines the problems of concordance within Pico's cosmology and metaphysics, including the question of God and the role of the Intellect. Chapter 6 describes Pico's'exceptionalist' version of the mystical ascent as an individualized ascetic experience. Pico eschews the contemporary desire to use a renewed christian thinking or christian-classical metaphysics to change the world (towards a Golden Age or a 'second coming') to present a personal path to God, with no return to the world.
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Series
Edition
2021 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
IX, 251 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-59580-7 (9783030595807)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-59581-4
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Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the Philosophy of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
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Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the Philosophy of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
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Dr Sophia Howlett is President of School for International Training (SIT), USA, and the author of Marsilio Ficino and His World (2016).
Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Life and Works.- 3. Pico's Intellectual Context - Aristotle, Plato and Pico's Syncretism.- 4. The Third Pillar - Pico and Kabbalism.- 5. Pico's Universe.- 6. The Way Home.- 7. Conclusion.