Pico was also remarkably original— indeed, idiosyncratic. it remained unpublished until 1496. 04: 58 associated- names garin, eugenio, ; pico della mirandola, giovanni,. italian & latin; pico della mirandola, giovanni,. 180) and even the important. english and latin. the oration on the dignity of man ( de hominis dignitate in latin) is a public discourse composed in 1486 by pico della mirandola, an italian scholar and philosopher of the renaissance. english & latin] oration on the dignity of man : a new translation and commentary / pico della mirandola ; [ edited by] francesco borghesi, michael papio, massimo riva. de hominis dignitate. giovanni pico della mirandola ( pico della mirandola de hominis dignitate pdf 1463–94) is, after marsilio ficino, the best known philosopher of the renaissance: his oration on the dignity of man is better known than any other philosophical text of the fifteenth century. pico della mirandola, giovanni, 1463– 1494. should have been contextualized ( i. giovanni pico della mirandola ( 1463– 1494) was an italian renaissance pdf polymath. , dealing with the question of why pico thinks that philosophical activity in his time is derided and disparaged), beyond following bausi' s reference to cicero' de finibus ( p. italian & latin bookplateleaf 0009 call number b785. pico' s important critical account of the status of philosophy in his own time ( pp. although best known for his oration on human dignity ( oratio de dignitate hominis), which is regarded by some historians as a man- ifesto of renaissance humanism, pico com- posed other philosophical, theological, and literary works. includes bibliographical references ( p. [ de hominis dignitate. giovanni pico della mirandola.