[De Dignitate hominis] His contemporaries called him the »Phoenix of the wits«; one of his best contemporary connoisseurs speaks of a Mozart for philosophers. In his short life, Pico della Mirandola became famous above all for a speech that the Pope never let him deliver, the »Oratio de dignitate hominis.« It is considered a pinnacle of the Renaissance understanding of human beings, deeply rooted in the Christian tradition. Pico interprets the creation into the image of God as a mandate to shape the human condition in freedom as an assimilation to God. He bases his insights into the image of God and the ideal way of life on a comprehensive philosophical-theological program that seeks to reconcile not only Christianity and ancient philosophy and traditions of wisdom, but also Christianity and Judaism.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-3-374-07063-3
ISBN-Online
978-3-374-07064-0
Publisher
EVA, Leipzig
Series
Große Texte der Christenheit (GTCh)
Volume
13
Language
German
Pages
176
Product type
Edited Book
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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
A Der Text No access Pages 9 - 86
1. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola und seine Zeit No access
2. Kampf der Interpretationen – die vielen Picos No access
