Magic and the dignity of man : Pico della Mirandola and his oration in modern memory / Brian P. Cope...
Magic and the dignity of man : Pico della Mirandola and his oration in modern memory / Brian P. Cope...
Magic and the dignity of man : Pico della Mirandola and his oration in modern memory / Brian P. Copenhaver.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/5882
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English
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xv, 682 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Massachusetts
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2019.
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"Pico della Mirandola died in 1494 at the age of thirty-one. During his brief and extraordinary life, he invented Christian Kabbalah in a book that was banned by the Catholic Church after he offered to debate his ideas on religion and philosophy with anyone who challenged him. Today he is best known for a short speech, The Oration on the Dignity of...
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Magic and the dignity of man : Pico della Mirandola and his oration in modern memory / Brian P. Copenhaver.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/5882
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74VKawpQlOEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawpQlOEb
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0674238265 hardcover
9780674238268 hardcover
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195
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991024281016702626
