The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy By Charles B. Schmitt, Quentin Skinner, 69 In his Heptaplus and De ente et uno, inspired by both cabala and pseudo-Dionysian theology, Pico discovered in the Scriptures a perfectly harmonious philosophical interpretation of the universe and recognised in the inscrutable reality of God that radiant darkness with which man identified utter perfection. Pico praised magic and man's ability to control the most occult powers of nature because he regarded... read more
