M. V. Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ohio Dominican University. His research in the history of philosophy includes work on the thinking of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, René Descartes, as well as Pico della Mirandola.

• 1. Introduction M. V. Dougherty; 2. Pico on the relationship of rhetoric and philosophy Jill Kraye; 3. Pico, theology, and the church Paul Richard Blum; 4. Pico della Mirandola's philosophy of religion Michael Sudduth; 5. The birth day of Venus: Pico as platonic exegete in the Commento and the Heptaplus Michael J. B. Allen; 6. Three precursors to Pico della Mirandola's Roman disputation and the question of human nature in the Oratio M. V. Dougherty; 7. Pico on magic and astrology Sheila J. Rabin; 8. Pico's quest for all knowledge Carl N. Still; 9. A philosophical life Francesco Borghesi.

M. V. Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ohio Dominican University. His research in the history of philosophy includes work on the thinking of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, René Descartes, as well as Pico della Mirandola.

• 1. Introduction M. V. Dougherty; 2. Pico on the relationship of rhetoric and philosophy Jill Kraye; 3. Pico, theology, and the church Paul Richard Blum; 4. Pico della Mirandola's philosophy of religion Michael Sudduth; 5. The birth day of Venus: Pico as platonic exegete in the Commento and the Heptaplus Michael J. B. Allen; 6. Three precursors to Pico della Mirandola's Roman disputation and the question of human nature in the Oratio M. V. Dougherty; 7. Pico on magic and astrology Sheila J. Rabin; 8. Pico's quest for all knowledge Carl N. Still; 9. A philosophical life Francesco Borghesi.

M. V. Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ohio Dominican University. His research in the history of philosophy includes work on the thinking of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, René Descartes, as well as Pico della Mirandola.

• 1. Introduction M. V. Dougherty; 2. Pico on the relationship of rhetoric and philosophy Jill Kraye; 3. Pico, theology, and the church Paul Richard Blum; 4. Pico della Mirandola's philosophy of religion Michael Sudduth; 5. The birth day of Venus: Pico as platonic exegete in the Commento and the Heptaplus Michael J. B. Allen; 6. Three precursors to Pico della Mirandola's Roman disputation and the question of human nature in the Oratio M. V. Dougherty; 7. Pico on magic and astrology Sheila J. Rabin; 8. Pico's quest for all knowledge Carl N. Still; 9. A philosophical life Francesco Borghesi.