Philosophy has taught me to rely on my own convictions rath… - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Philosophy has taught me to rely on my own convictions rather than on the judgements of others and to concern myself less with whether I am well thought of than whether what I do or say is evil.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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About Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.

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Alternative Names: Pico della Mirandola • Giovanni Pico • Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola • Johannes Picus de Mirandula • Ioannes Picus Mirandula • Count di Concordia • Jean Pic de la Mirandole • John Picus of Mirandola • Pico della Mirandolo

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Invadat animum sacra quaedam ambitio ut mediocribus non contenti anhelemus ad summa, adque illa (quando possumus si volumus) consequenda totis viribus enitamur.

Let a certain saving ambition invade our souls so that, impatient of mediocrity, we pant after the highest things and (since, if we will, we can) bend all our efforts to their attainment.

Nec potest ex omnibus sibi recte propriam selegisse, qui omnes prius familiariter non agnoverit. Adde quod in una quaque familia est aliquid insigne, quod non sit ei commune cum caeteris.

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