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    Oration on the Dignity of Man Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) was a philosopher of the Renaissance‚ his " Oration on the Dignity of Man " is known as the "declaration of humanism. In his speech‚ Mirandola declare that people is the essence of the universe; destiny is in our own hands and is not subject to any external things.Rrationality‚ free will and noble quality‚ not only can transcend everything but also enter the realm of god. Like other humanists‚ Mirandola did not deny the existence of

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    In 1486‚ Renaissance philosopher Pico della Mirandola spoke the Oration on the Dignity of Man through which he called into question the primacy of the human creature. He held that God endowed man with the ability to choose his own destiny and his own perspective with which to view life and everything around.His contention was that those abilities distinguished man from all other beings. He further argued in the Oration‚ that animals come into the world with everything they can ever possess. Similarly

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    Oration on the Dignity of Man: Analysis Pico della Mirandola in his work‚ “Oration on the Dignity of Man”‚ re-evaluates humanism and humans in general. His work talks about the dignity of man in particular and how man differs from other creatures as man is a creation with a unique and important trait‚ free will. He uses several arguments to support his claim that humans can choose their destiny and in doing so can achieve perfection. He presents a piece of work that challenges the medieval view

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    In 1486‚ Pico Della Mirandola pronounced Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ which was Mirandola’s way of questioning the human nature of the human creature. Some twenty-five years later‚ in 1511‚ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni‚ or now simply known as Michelangelo‚ completed the Moment of Man’s Creation‚ a scene painted on the ceiling of the famous Sistine Chapel located in present day Vatican City which depicted the creation of the Biblical character‚ Adam. Both Mirandola’s discourse and

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    In the excerpt from Pico della Mirandola’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man” Mirandola argues that humans are the best of all of God’s creatures. He claims that humans are great because of their ability to make decisions and to do what we set our minds to‚ he also believes God gave us those abilities on purpose. Mirandola supports his claim by arguing humans are amazing by comparing us to the other creatures in the universe and saying how much better we are than them. Then he offers the idea that God

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    1 & 2. What makes man so special‚ even more admirable than the angels‚ according to the author? Be sure to use a few words from the text "in quotations" in your answer. How does this view of man differ from earlier views? What’s "new" in the Renaissance about this idea?" According to Pico Della Mirandola‚ man is so special and even more admirable than the angels because man is a creation of God made in his image. He states that “man is rightfully names a magnificent miracle and a wondrous creation

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    idea after the fact‚ but also a genuine apology-- in which he reprinted the speech he had planned to give at the beginning of the disputation. This speech‚ the Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ is now the work for which he is principally remembered. It’s one of the core documents of humanism‚ because it proposes the idea that humanity has dignity and worth not necessarily because of the place we occupy in the order of the cosmos‚ but because human beings can make themselves into whatever they desire

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    Dignity is a concept that every human has a inherent right to respect and fair treatment according to human moral laws‚ and that human life is more valuable than material goods. On the other hand‚ greed‚ violence‚ and cruelty seem to happen daily‚ and one cannot help but wonder which of these contrasting ideas is the true human nature. My personal approach to dignity is that it is a natural part of man and that it is one of the factors that discriminates men from animals‚ and a factor in making human

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    Regulation and Policies Dignity at Work/Bullying Submitted by: Kastytis Bereznočenko 04.02.2013 Tutor: Michael Roche The Health and Safety Authority’s definition on bullying is: “Repeated inappropriate behaviour‚ direct or indirect whether verbal‚ physical or otherwise‚ conducted by one or more persons against another or others‚ at the place of work and/or in the course of employment‚ which could reasonably be regarded as undermining the individual’s right to dignity at work. An isolated

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    I am a Filipino - inheritor of a glorious past‚ hostage to the uncertain future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task- the task of meeting my responsibility to the past‚ and the task of performing my obligation to the future. I sprung from a hardy race - child of many generations removed of ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries‚ the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see

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