Uber die Wurde des Menschen

by Pico della Mirandola, edited by Jorg Lauster

Book cover: Uber die Wurde des Menschen

Extent: 176 pages

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies

Series: Grosse Texte der Christenheit

Series volume number: 13

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(October 2022)

ISBN: 9783374070633

Price: $21.00

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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.

  • By (author) Pico della Mirandola
  • Edited by Jorg Lauster