Pico della Mirandola (feb 24, 1463 – nov 17, 1496)
Description:
He was an Italian scholar and philosopher who wrote "Oration on the Dignity of Man" in which he established the essential characteristics a man of the Renaissance must possess. He states that a man is composed of free will. For the most part he preached that education was the main source of finding truth, which comes from logic and reasoning, this falls under the AP theme of Objective knowledge and subversive visions.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 24, 1463
nov 17, 1496
~ 33 years