Renaissance humanists had a very positive view of mankind. They greatly appreciated past human achievements, and had an exceptionally high view of human potential . Read through some of Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man. Cite a line or two that particular well illustrates Pico's "humanism," i.e., either his appreciation for the past or his optimism about human potential. As an alternative, just cite a line that you particularly like from this work and explain why you like it.Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Pico della Mirandola (extra credit)
Renaissance humanists had a very positive view of mankind. They greatly appreciated past human achievements, and had an exceptionally high view of human potential . Read through some of Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man. Cite a line or two that particular well illustrates Pico's "humanism," i.e., either his appreciation for the past or his optimism about human potential. As an alternative, just cite a line that you particularly like from this work and explain why you like it.
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"... man's place in the universe is somewhere between the beasts and the angels, but because of the divine image planted in him, there are no limits to what man can accomplish"
ReplyDeleteI choose this line because I believe that there is no limits on what you can do with your life, God planted endless amounts of knowledge within us to become whatever we wanted and it is just left up to us to decide what we want to do with our lives.
"Philosophy has taught me to rely on my own convictions rather than on the judgments of others and to concern myself less with whether I am well though of than whether what I do or say is evil."
ReplyDeleteI liked this phrase because it talks about how you shouldn't be worrying about what other people are saying about you, because they shouldn't be talking about you in the first place. People should be able to come to their own conclusions on different topics and not worry about other peoples' opinions.
People should also be more aware of what they are doing or saying to avoid evil convictions.
``What a great miracle is man, Asclepius''
ReplyDeleteI liked this phrase because this is the phrase that began it all, his questioning and thinking. I also liked it because it states in a very simple way, that man-kind is great. We are capable of many things and were put on this earth for a reason.
"Thus it draws further into public notice the miracles which lie hidden in the recesses of the world, in the womb of nature, in the storehouses and secret vaults of God, as though she herself were their artificer"...
ReplyDeleteI find this interesting because no matter how hard man tries, we will never know everything about the times of God himself other than what we already know from script or the Bible of course. Basically nature is an unknown, because we don't know everything that goes on in nature, but we've have an understanding of nature.