Giovanni Pico della Mirandola : (2) " God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom. " - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola " The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants. " - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola