TY - BOOK ID - 85650123 TI - Re-evaluating Pico : Aristotelianism, Kabbalism, and Platonism in the philosophy of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola PY - 2021 SN - 3030595811 3030595803 PB - Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political theory. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Religion and politics. KW - World politics. KW - Political Theory. KW - Political Philosophy. KW - Politics and Religion. KW - Political History. KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Colonialism KW - Global politics KW - International politics KW - Political history KW - Political science KW - World history KW - Eastern question KW - Geopolitics KW - International organization KW - International relations KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politics and religion KW - Religion KW - Religions KW - Political philosophy KW - Religious aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Political science. KW - Philosophy. KW - Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, KW - Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della, KW - Della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico, KW - Picus, Joannes Franciscus, KW - Pico, Giovanni Francesco, KW - Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco, KW - Pico della Mirandola, Gian Francesco, KW - Picus Mirandula, Joannes Franciscus, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85650123 AB - This book offers a re-evaluation of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the prominent Italian Renaissance philosopher and prince of Concord. It argues that Pico is part of a history of attempted concordance between philosophy and theology, reason and faith. His contribution is a syncretist theological philosophy based on Christianity, Platonism, Aristotelianism and Jewish Kabbalism. After an introduction, Chapter 2 discusses Pico’s career, his power-relations and his work, Chapters 3 and 4 place his three pillars of Platonism, Aristotelianism and Kabbalism in their historical context, examines shared histories, and introduces the scholars around Pico who contributed so much in each of these traditions (introducing, for example, Christian Kabbalism), including exploring Pico's complex relationship with Marsilio Ficino. Chapter 5 examines the problems of concordance within Pico’s cosmology and metaphysics, including the question of God and the role of the Intellect. Chapter 6 describes Pico’s ‘exceptionalist’ version of the mystical ascent as an individualized ascetic experience. Pico eschews the contemporary desire to use a renewed christian thinking or christian-classical metaphysics to change the world (towards a Golden Age or a 'second coming') to present a personal path to God, with no return to the world. Dr Sophia Howlett is President of School for International Training (SIT), USA, and the author of Marsilio Ficino and His World (2016). ER -