The Dignity of Man

Pico intended it as a kind of introduction to the debate of his 900 feces, which was to be held at Rome until the pope had other ideas. Giano Tso Manetti's treatise extends over four books and praises the exquisite creation that is the human being. He takes it that humans are superior to animals even in respect of their bodies without even getting into the intellectual and moral powers that are unique to us.