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'''Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia''', known as '''Giovanni Pico della Mirandola''' (<!-- {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|p|iː|k|oʊ|_|ˌ|d|ɛ|l|ə|_|m|ɪ|ˈ|r|æ|n|d|ə|l|ə|,_|-|ˈ|r|ɑː|n|-}} {{respell|PEE|koh|_|DEL|ə|_|mirr|A(H)N|də|lə}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Pico della Mirandola|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Pico della Mirandola|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> {{IPA-it|dʒoˈvanni ˈpiːko della miˈrandola|lang}}; {{Lang-la|Johannes Picus de Mirandula}}; -->24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an [[Italian Renaissance]] nobleman and [[philosopher]].<ref>"Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Conte" in ''Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge'', volume 15, copyright 1991. Grolier Inc., {{ISBN|0-7172-5300-7}}</ref> He is famed for the events of 1486, when, at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, [[natural philosophy]], and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]] against all comers, for which he wrote the ''[[Oration on the Dignity of Man]]'', which has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance",<ref>''Oration on the Dignity of Man'' (1486) [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/pico.html wsu.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104024142/http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/pico.html |date=4 January 2011 }}</ref> and a key text of [[Renaissance humanism]] and of what has been called the "Hermetic Reformation".<ref>Heiser, James D., ''Prisci Theologi and the Hermetic Reformation in the Fifteenth Century'', Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-4610-9382-4}}</ref> He was the founder of the tradition of [[Christian Kabbalah]], a key tenet of early modern [[Western esotericism]]. The ''900 Theses'' was the first printed book to be universally banned by the Church.<ref name="Hanegraaff p.54">Hanegraaff p. 54</ref> Pico is sometimes seen as a [[Proto-Protestantism|proto-Protestant]], because his 900 theses anticipated many Protestant views.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc6.all.html|access-date=2021-12-23|website=www.ccel.org}}</ref>
==Biography==
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