The hand-out, "Oration on the Dignity of Man", brings up various and.
many key points which relate to the ideas and beliefs of the Renaissance.
period. The article itself expresses Pico's idea that an individual is limited only by.
his own visions and is not just a part of the early idea that; man has a sense of.
natural helplessness. .
The humanists during the Renaissance period were centered around the.
new era of art, architecture, and a new way of thought. This new way of.
thought was implemented during the beginning of the Renaissance period. The.
Renaissance itself was a time where the people wanted to get re-focused on.
themselves and their center thought on the human capacity. The period was.
suppose to open up the idea that you can control what you become, as well as.
what you are now. .
The people of the Renaissance strove more to be an individual and stray.
from the idea that everyone was the same. Individualism during the time before.
was never a factor. No other cultures had a way of thinking for themselves. The.
Oration exposes these people to his achievable ideas that man has no limits.
and should strive to be divine. In also saying that, Pico sends forth the idea that.
although the "supreme maker" could give each person the ability to reach.
goals equally, he could not give each the same results. By expressing that idea.
the article gives us a sense of competition and for those people to question the.
unknown.
The Renaissance idea of secularism and humanism, made up the who.
idea of the Renaissance. The idea of humanism caused a disruption with that of.
religion. Humanists, including Pico, explored the idea of secularism as separate. .
Humanism deals with the spirituality of a single individuals beliefs. Pico's article.
clearly helps us to arrive at that idea by his tone in saying that god created all.
equal with the same "intelligence's", but it all depended upon the way in which.
each person chose inside of their religion and Renaissance humanists were.