Pico della Mirandola

Oration on the Dignity of Man
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-316-60660-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

This is a new translation of and commentary on 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Della Mirandola, Pico

Borghesi, Francesco

Papio, Michael

Riva, Massimo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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: 7. Latin text with facing English translation and commentary in the footnotes; Part III. Images: 8. Four images from the Palatine manuscript; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Riva, Massimo
Massimo Riva is a Professor of Italian Studies at Brown University, Rhode Island. He has also taught at the University of Sydney, Australia, Northwestern University, Illinois, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Italian Tales: An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Fiction (2004) and co-editor of Renato Poggioli: An Intellectual Life (2011).

Borghesi, Francesco
Francesco Borghesi teaches in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney. Among his publications are Concordia, pietas, docta religio (2004) and the forthcoming Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (2012).

Papio, Michael
Michael Papio is an Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Keen and Violent Remedies: Social Satire and the Grotesque in Masuccio Salernitano's Novellino (2000) and the translator of Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy (2009).