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Oration on the Dignity of ManGiovanni Pico della Mirandola
Oration on the Dignity of Man
A New Translation and Commentary
A Latin–English edition of Pico's famous speech, written to open his planned Roman debate of 1487 and printed only after his death. The editors provide a careful new translation and a line-by-line commentary that identifies Pico's many sources, from Plato and the Church Fathers to Hermes and the Kabbalists.






