Re-Evaluating Pico : Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the Philosophy of Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- A Contested Site -- Pico's Contribution -- 2 Life and Works -- Family and Education -- The Rise and Fall of a Public Life -- A Private Life? -- Pico's Death -- Building the Myth -- Works -- 3 Pico's Intellectual Fou...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,
2020
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | Political science Religion and politics World politics |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- A Contested Site -- Pico's Contribution -- 2 Life and Works -- Family and Education -- The Rise and Fall of a Public Life -- A Private Life? -- Pico's Death -- Building the Myth -- Works -- 3 Pico's Intellectual Foundations: Aristotelianism, Platonism, and Pico's Syncretism -- The Question of Allegiance -- Aristotelianism -- Platonism -- Humanism -- Syncretism -- The Prisca Theologia and Mathematical Philosophical-Mysticism -- 4 The Third Pillar: Pico and Kabbalism -- Introduction to Kabbalism -- The History of Kabbalism -- Key Texts -- Pico and Kabbalism -- 5 Pico's Universe -- The Question of God -- God's Love -- The Angelic Mind -- The Active Intellect -- Populating the Angelic Mind -- Celestial and Natural Worlds -- 6 The Way Home -- Mutability and Self-fashioning -- Our Anatomy -- Immortality of the Soul -- Ascent -- Love and Beauty -- Jacob's Ladder -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783030595814 3030595811 9783030595807 3030595803 |