Magic and the Dignity of Man

Pico della Mirandola, one of the most remarkable thinkers of the Renaissance, has become known as a founder of humanism and a supporter of secular rationality. Brian Copenhaver upends this understanding of Pico, unearthing the magic and mysticism in the most famous work attributed to him, Oration on the Dignity of Man.

Pico della Mirandola, unul dintre cei mai remarcabili ganditori ai Renasterii, a devenit cunoscut ca fondator al umanismului si sustinator al rationalitatii seculare. Brian Copenhaver revendica aceasta intelegere a lui Pico, dezgropand magia si misticismul in cea mai faimoasa lucrare atribuita lui, Oration on the Dignity of Man.