Über die Würde des Menschen - Pico Della Mirandola

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Résumé :
'Ph?nix der Geister' nannten ihnen seine Zeitgenossen, von einem Mozart f?r Philosophen spricht einer seiner besten Kenner in der Gegenwart. Pico della Mirandola wurde in seinem kurzen Leben vor allem f?r eine Rede ber?hmt, die ihn der Papst nie halten lie?, die 'Oratio de dignitate hominis'. Sie gilt als ein Glanzpunkt des Menschenverst?ndnisses der Renaissance, das tief in der christlichen Tradition wurzelt. Pico interpretiert die Erschaffung zur Gottebenbildlichkeit als Auftrag, das Menschsein in freier Selbstt?tigkeit als Angleichung an Gott zu gestalten. Seine Einsichten zu Menschenbild und idealer Lebensf?hrung st?tzt er auf ein umfassend philosophisch-theologisches Programm, das nicht nur Christentum, antike Philosophie und Weisheitstraditionen, sondern auch Christentum und Judentum miteinander vers?hnen will. [De Dignitate hominis] His contemporaries called him the 'Phoenix of the wits'...

Biographie:
one of his best contemporary connoisseurs speaks of a Mozart for philosophers. In his short life, Pico della Mirandola became famous above all for a speech that the Pope never let him deliver, the 'Oratio de dignitate hominis.' It is considered a pinnacle of the Renaissance understanding of human beings, deeply rooted in the Christian tradition. Pico interprets the creation into the image of God as a mandate to shape the human condition in freedom as an assimilation to God. He bases his insights into the image of God and the ideal way of life on a comprehensive philosophical-theological program that seeks to reconcile not only Christianity and ancient philosophy and traditions of wisdom, but also Christianity and Judaism....

Sommaire:
one of his best contemporary connoisseurs speaks of a Mozart for philosophers. In his short life, Pico della Mirandola became famous above all for a speech that the Pope never let him deliver, the 'Oratio de dignitate hominis.' It is considered a pinnacle of the Renaissance understanding of human beings, deeply rooted in the Christian tradition. Pico interprets the creation into the image of God as a mandate to shape the human condition in freedom as an assimilation to God. He bases his insights into the image of God and the ideal way of life on a comprehensive philosophical-theological program that seeks to reconcile not only Christianity and ancient philosophy and traditions of wisdom, but also Christianity and Judaism....