Pico della Mirandola
[pee-koh del-uh muh-ran-dl-uh; Italian pee-kaw del-lah mee-rahn-daw-lah] /ˈpi koʊ ˌdɛl ə məˈræn dl ə; Italian ˈpi kɔ ˌdɛl lɑ miˈrɑn dɔˌlɑ/
noun
1.
Count Giovanni
[jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1463–94, Italian humanist and writer.
/Italian ˈpiːko ˌdɛlla miˈrandola/
noun
1.
Count Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). 1463–94, Italian Platonist philosopher. His attempt to reconcile the ideas of classical, Christian, and Arabic writers in a collection of 900 theses, prefaced by his Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486), was condemned by the pope
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