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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian philosopher, humanist, and neoplatonist who lived from February 24, 1463, to November 17, 1494. He is renowned for his 'Oration on the Dignity of Man', which articulated his humanist philosophy and the potential of human beings.

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“Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.”

Ifs Men Grows Bears Plant Fruit Seeds Maturity

Book:Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

Source: Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

“On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life.”

Men Way Kind Father Seeds All Kinds Germs

Book:Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

Source: Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

“To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.”

Book:Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

Source: Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes

“The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.”

Ifs Men Believe Plant Brutes Aggravation Degrade

Book:Oration on the Dignity of Man

Source: Oration on the Dignity of Man

About the Author

Born: February 24, 1463
Died: November 17, 1494
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 14

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