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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on Tides (2018)

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The article deals with the ways in which in his "Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem" (1496) Giovanni Pico della Mirandola interpreted the problem of tides, probably the most significant practical example with which he aimed to demonstrate the fallacy of astrology. The essay focuses on the polemical strategies Pico applied in his exploration of this natural phenomenon, and shows that, in rejecting the astrological interpretation of tides, Pico combined both the textual, humanist and natural philosophical approaches that he developed, in quite a controversial manner, throughout his last anti-astrological treatise.

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Authors & Contributors
Rutkin, H. Darrell
Perrone Compagni, Vittoria
Akopyan, Ovanes
Puliafito Bleuel, Anna Laura
Picardi, Mariassunta
Stuckrad, Kocku von
Concepts
Astrology
Philosophy
Humanism
Natural philosophy
Natural magic
Neoplatonism
Time Periods
Renaissance
15th century
16th century
Early modern
Medieval
17th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Florence (Italy)
Milan (Italy)
England
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