Oration on the Dignity of Man (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- First Published: 1496
- Type of Work: Philosophical
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Essays
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Religion, God, Christianity, Fifteenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Popes or papacy
Critical Evaluation:
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man is a remarkable document, but not for the reason that is sometimes thought. Even though it is an important statement by an influential early Renaissance humanist, the Oration on the Dignity of Man is neither a proclamation of the worth and glory of worldly life and achievement nor an attack on the medieval worldview as such. Pico was, in fact, a man of his time, and he was willing to defend the medieval theologians and philosophers from the attacks of his humanist friends. Yet in...
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