Subject code: BBN-FIL-402/05  TANM-FIL-402/05  BMA-FILD-402/05	
Subject name: "The very particular dignity of man in the philosophy of Pico della Mirandola." 
	
Class schedule information: the course starts on Monday 18th of September 2017 at 5pm	
Lecturer: dr. Anat Kálmán	

Goal of instruction: An Introduction to the philosophy of the Renaissance philosopher Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)	

Subject content: Pico's Oration on the Dignity of man, is considered as a kind of a „Manifesto of the new Renaissance spirit”. In it Pico introduced the idea, on both philosophical and theological grounds: Man was created last and therefore he received the ability to choose his own place in the world and to determine his own destiny through knowledge and free will. Many philosophical and theological implications of this idea were rejected by Pope Innocent VIII in 1488 as being heretical. The philosopher had to flee.	

Examination and evaluation system: Active participation in the sessions, and a paper of min. 8 pages (annotations and bibliography included).	

Literature: Pico della Mirandola,  Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary, Francesco Borghesi, Michael Papio, and Massimo Riva (eds.), Cambridge University Press