1. Pico, Sanchez and Renaissance Humanism
Renaissance humanism emerged out of the rigid Medieval theocratic tradition but managed to elevate the position of man in the world without subverting the basis of Christianity (the accepted tradition of the time) or removing man from the established teleological framework. ... Pico sees this order akin to Jacob's Ladder, which man gains access to through the art of discourse and reasoning, and to its highest ranks, through philosophy. He holds that God created man below the angels, but that by discovering the secrets of the Cherubs through philosophy, man can not only battle the angels a...
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