http://www.metafilter.com/tags/kabbal Posts tagged with 'kabbal' at MetaFilter. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:02:18 -0800 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:02:18 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/39762/Pico%2DProject <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/pico/">Pico's Brain.</a> The "<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/pico/oratio.html">Discourse</a> on the <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/pico/text/bori/frame.html">Dignity of Man</a>" (1486) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pico_della_Mirandola">Pico</a> della <a href="http://www.mvdougherty.com/pico.htm">Mirandola</a> (1463-1494) is considered the "<a href="http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Mirandola/">Manifesto</a> of the <a href="http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/">Renaissance</a>" and a key text of <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/humanism.html">Renaissance Humanism</a>. The Discourse merits attention today precisely on account of its affirmation that human nature, which is in itself indeterminate and weak, comes alive and obtains its identity through the plurality of human cultures, each representing customs that, though distinct, are essentially identical. Hence the possibility of harmony and grounds<a href="http://www.esotericarchives.com/pico/beinguni.htm"> for "peace" among cultures</a>. The <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/pico/presentaz/eng.html">Pico Project</a> makes accessible a complete resource for the reading and interpretation of the Discourse within its own context, from an initial encounter through direct contact with the original text, presented here in its first printed edition (Bologna 1496) of which there exist no extant manuscripts. <a href="http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/exh/kabb/kab_pceb_01.html">Of course</a>, Pico was also a <a href="http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~jewstud/mirandola.html">Kabbalistic</a> <a href="http://www.insr.it/eng/Cabal.htm">scholar</a> (Umberto Eco <a href="http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/pdfs/lectures/eco_dream.pdf">is not a fan</a> of Pico's kabbalistic work <small>.pdf file</small>). More inside. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39762 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:02:18 -0800 culture kabbal mirandola peace philosophy pico umberteco matteo