Oration on the dignity of man : a new translation and commentary /

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Author / Creator:Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.
Uniform title:De hominis dignitate. English & Latin
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Latin
Subject:Philosophical anthropology -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
Philosophical anthropology.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Early works.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11831732
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Other authors / contributors:Borghesi, Francesco, 1974-
Papio, Michael, 1967-
Riva, Massimo.
ISBN:9781461938330
1461938333
9781139059565
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1107015871
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.
English and Latin.
Print version record.
Summary:This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception. Often called the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance', this brief but complex text was originally composed in 1486 as the inaugural speech for an assembly of intellectuals, which could have produced one of the most exhaustive metaphysical, theological and psychological debates in history, had Pope Innocent VIII not forbidden it. This edition of the Oration reflects the spirit of the original text in bringing together experts in different fields. Not unlike the debate Pico optimistically anticipated, the resulting work is superior to the sum of its parts.
Other form:Print version: Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494. De hominis dignitate. English & Latin. Oration on the dignity of man. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107015876
Standard no.:40021346764