Pico della Mirandola
Renaissance Italy Humanism
Biography
Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. Famous for the "Oration on the Dignity of Man".
Life Dates
Born: February 24, 1463
Died: November 17, 1494
Notable Quotes
"The nature of all other beings is limited and constrained within the bounds of laws prescribed by Us."
"We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth."
"Man is his own maker."
"God created man as a work of indeterminate nature."
"Nothing is more wonderful than man."