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Pico Della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man

A New Translation and Commentary

by Pico Della Mirandola

  • Hardback
  • 313 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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This is a new translation and critical edition of Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception. Often called the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance', this brief but complex text was originally composed in 1486 as the inaugural speech for an assembly of intellectuals, which could have produced one of the most exhaustive metaphysical, theological and psychological debates in history, had Pope Innocent VIII not forbidden it.

This edition of the Oration reflects the spirit of the original text in bringing together experts in different fields. Not unlike the debate Pico optimistically anticipated, the resulting work is superior to the sum of its parts.

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  • Author

    Pico Della Mirandola

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    August 2012

  • Weight

    568g

  • Page Count

    313

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107015876

  • ISBN-10

    1107015871

  • Eden Code

    4027440

Part I. Preface, Introduction, Overview:

  1. Preface: history of the project and criteria for the current edition M. Riva
    2. The historical and biographical background of the oration P. C. Bori
    3. Chronology F. Borghesi
    4. The Oration's printed editions M. Papio
    5. Interpretations F. Borghesi
    6. Overview
    Part II. Text:
  2. Latin text with facing English translation and commentary in the footnotes
    Part III. Images:
  3. Four images from the Palatine manuscript
    Bibliography.

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