Oration On The Dignity Of Man By Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
In Oration on the Dignity of Man, written by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the freedom that man possesses allows him [man] a unique stance on the world. Not only may man fall to be “master of all … lower creatures” but he [man] may also climb to become “close with the gods”. With the free choice that is possessed by man, humans “may fashion [themselves] into whatever form [they] choose”. The free choice that human beings have bridges the pathway allowing man to become a “great shape shifter” and become anything that is desired.
1C Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola’s teacher, taught Platonic ideals(CITE TEXTBOOK). Both Ficino and Pico della Mirandola were influenced a great deal by the philosopher Plato. Ficino taught Pico della Mirandola
and his other students to look to “free the immortal soul”(CITE TEXTBOOK) that caged humans in. This affected the ideals of Pico della Mirandola, by shifting his old views on humanism to this new way of thought where people are placed “between creatures”(CITE ORATION) and able to observe the other ways of life with the ability to have free choice as said in his Oration on the Dignity of Man.
1C Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola’s teacher, taught Platonic ideals(CITE TEXTBOOK). Both Ficino and Pico della Mirandola were influenced a great deal by the philosopher Plato. Ficino taught Pico della Mirandola
and his other students to look to “free the immortal soul”(CITE TEXTBOOK) that caged humans in. This affected the ideals of Pico della Mirandola, by shifting his old views on humanism to this new way of thought where people are placed “between creatures”(CITE ORATION) and able to observe the other ways of life with the ability to have free choice as said in his Oration on the Dignity of Man.