Re: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
04 Jan 1998 23:52:56 +0100


Max More <maxmore@primenet.com> writes:

> Mirandola really does sound like a proto-transhumanist,
> despite still having religious beliefs.

Yes, that seems to fit. His Oration can be found on the net at
http://www.physics.wisc.edu/~shalizi/Mirandola/ for those of you who
are interested in reading it in its entirety. It is an interesting mix
of theology, alchemy and proto-transhumanism.

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