Pico della Mirandola

In the summer of 1486 the plague broke out in Perugia and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola confined himself to Fratta. There he conceived the idea of ??convening a universal philosophical council that could never be held. The authorities considered the undertaking too pretentious for a young man of twenty-four and the intention of achieving a "philosophical peace", little less than an eccentricity of the so-called "Count of Concord." In Fratta he wrote the famous Oratio destined to inaugurate the dispute: Discourse on the dignity of man. A beautiful manifesto of the Renaissance, translated and annotated in this volume by Carlos Goñi. Pico della Mirandola was young in age and spirit, it gave philosophy a new impetus, a fresh, daring and cheerful air. If every philosopher is a lover of knowledge, he was a lover of wisdom, passionate and feverish, enthusiastic and delicate, dedicated and romantic. Never was Lady Wisdom kissed with such passion as the philosopher of harmony.