Talk:Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Why is there no reference here of Disputationes adversus Astrologicum Divinatricem? It was a document of enormous influence on humanist history and probably was the single most effective intellectual stroke against astrology. Is it because it was published after his death by his cousin who was very much under the influence of Savanarola, and hence the text may have been seriously tampered with?

There is also no mention of Marsilio Ficino, Pico's great friend, or of Lorenzo de' Medici, his powerful patron. This does seem to be a somewhat orthodox view of a very unorthodox intellectual.

N.Harris Nay_Say 1/10/2006, 18:13 UTC

The article in large part appears to be a text dump from a 100 year old Catholic Encyclopedia. Feel free to edit boldly and remove old stuff and bring it up to modern standards. --Stbalbach 18:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I am trying to make this page more readable, in sections. There are curious lacunae in the text, along with very accurate information, rather oddly written. No mention had been made of Pico's imprisonment, for example, and there seems to be a very strange distortion of his philosophy. I welcome any help. --N. Harris NaySay 1/16/05 18:14 (UTC)

[edit] Poliziano

There's a suggestion here that Pico was Poliziano's lover.. This is not very likely since Poliziano seems to have been in a loving relationship with Lorenzo from the time that he was about 15 and Lorenzo about 19. Amandajm 08:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)