Magic and the Dignity of Man
"This book is nothing less than the definitive study of a text long considered central to understanding the Renaissance and its place in Western culture." --James Hankins, Harvard UniversityPico della…
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"This book is nothing less than the definitive study of a text long considered central to understanding the Renaissance and its place in Western culture." --James Hankins, Harvard UniversityPico della Mirandola died in 1494 at the age of thirty-one. During his brief and extraordinary life, he invented Christian Kabbalah in a book that was banned by the Catholic Church after he offered to debate his ideas on religion and philosophy with anyone who challenged him. Today he is best known for a short speech, the Oration on the Dignity of Man, written in 1486 but never delivered. Sometimes called a "Manifesto of the Renaissance," this text has been regarded as the foundation of humanism and a triumph of secular rationality over medieval mysticism.Brian Copenhaver upends our understanding of Pico's masterwork by re-examining this key document of
Magic and the Dignity of Man
Dignity of Man
Torture and Dignity
Dignity of Legislation
Shyness and Dignity
Dust and Dignity
Age of Dignity
School and the Magic of Children
The Magic and Mystery of Trees
Pollution and the Death of Man