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A Philosopher at the Crossroads
Giovanni Pico Della Mirandolaâs Encounter with Scholastic Philosophy
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 338
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This study explains how one of the most remarkable thinkers of the Italian Renaissance, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463â1494), broke new ground by engaging with the scholastic tradition while maintaining his âhumanistâ sensibilities. A central claim of the monograph is that Pico was a 'philosopher at the crossroads,' whose sophisticated reading of numerous scholastic thinkers enabled him to advance a different conception of philosophy. The scholastic background to Picoâs work has been neglected by historians of the period. This omission has served to create not only an unreliable picture of Picoâs thought, but also a more general ignorance of the dynamism of scholastic thought in late fifteenth-century Italy. The author argues that these deficiencies of modern scholarship stand in need of correction.
Amos Edelheit, Ph.D. (2007) is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. His main book publications are Ficino, Pico and Savonarola: The Evolution of Humanist Theology 1461/2â1498 (2008), Scholastic Florence: Moral Psychology in the âQuattrocentoâ (2014), and Humanism, Theology, and Spiritual Crisis in Renaissance Florence: Giovanni Caroliâs âLiber dierum lucensiumâ (2018).
"a treasure of Renaissance studies" - Paul Richard Blum, Loyola University Maryland / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, in: Speculum Vol. 99, No. 1 (2024)
"Edelheit's monograph undoubtedly represents a significant advance in the study of Pico's thought. In this context, it must also be said that it is based on a precise analysis of sources (many of them newly discovered). There is no doubt that it will transform the hitherto constructed portrait of Pico as a Renaissance humanist, philosopher, and mystic. Therefore, it can be useful for all scholars who are interested in the field of medieval and Renaissance culture and philosophy." - Jan Herufek, University of Ostrava, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Winter 2023), pp. 1580â1581
"Edelheit's monograph undoubtedly represents a significant advance in the study of Pico's thought. In this context, it must also be said that it is based on a precise analysis of sources (many of them newly discovered). There is no doubt that it will transform the hitherto constructed portrait of Pico as a Renaissance humanist, philosopher, and mystic. Therefore, it can be useful for all scholars who are interested in the field of medieval and Renaissance culture and philosophy." - Jan Herufek, University of Ostrava, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Winter 2023), pp. 1580â1581
Introduction
1 Status Quaestionis
2 Pico in Padua (1480â1482) and Beyond
3 Pico in Paris: When and What
4 A Historical Approach: Scholastic Thinkers and the New Status of Philosophy
5 The Apology as a Case-Study
6 Pico and Albert the Great
7 Pico and Thomas Aquinas
8 Pico and Francis of Mayronnes
9 Pico and John Duns Scotus
10 Pico and Henry of Ghent
11 Pico and Giles of Rome
12 Bernardo Torni against Four Theses concerning Natural Philosophy
13 Galgani da Siena against a Thesis on the Nature of Sound
14 Pedro Garsia against the Apology
15 Picus ut pica locutus est: Giovanni Caroli against Certain Theological Theses
16 Antonio Cittadini di Faenza against De ente et uno
17 Pietro Pomponazzi against Pico on Astrology and Beyond: Modification vs. Rejection
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Part 1: Scholastic Formation and Training in Italy and Paris
1 Status Quaestionis
2 Pico in Padua (1480â1482) and Beyond
3 Pico in Paris: When and What
Part 2: Scholastic Traces and Influence. Picoâs Attitude towards the Scholastic Tradition
4 A Historical Approach: Scholastic Thinkers and the New Status of Philosophy
5 The Apology as a Case-Study
6 Pico and Albert the Great
7 Pico and Thomas Aquinas
8 Pico and Francis of Mayronnes
9 Pico and John Duns Scotus
10 Pico and Henry of Ghent
11 Pico and Giles of Rome
Part 3: Scholastic Reactions to Pico and the Reception of His Thought and Method
12 Bernardo Torni against Four Theses concerning Natural Philosophy
13 Galgani da Siena against a Thesis on the Nature of Sound
14 Pedro Garsia against the Apology
15 Picus ut pica locutus est: Giovanni Caroli against Certain Theological Theses
16 Antonio Cittadini di Faenza against De ente et uno
17 Pietro Pomponazzi against Pico on Astrology and Beyond: Modification vs. Rejection
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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