 I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate of creatures and consequently worthy of all admiration and what precisely is that rank which is his lot in the universal chain of Being— a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars...  Civilization of the Middle Ages - Page 555by Norman F. Cantor - 1994 - 624 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Charles Seymour - Art - 1995 - 276 pages
...we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven? At last it seems to me 1 have come to understand why man is the most fortunate...chain of Being— a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world. It is a matter past faith and a wondrous... | |
 | Renaissance Society of America - History - 1993 - 196 pages
...should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven? At last it seems to me I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate...chain of Being — a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world. It is a matter past faith and a wondrous... | |
 | Tobias Churton - Christian heresies - 1997 - 216 pages
...the east. Having announced the guiding text for his oration, Pico continues: At last it seems to me I have come to understand why Man is the most fortunate...universal chain of being a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world. We note here that 'universal chain of... | |
 | James S. Cutsinger - Religion - 2003 - 312 pages
...we ttot admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven? At last it seems to me I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate...chain of being — a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world. It is a matter past faith and a wondrous... | |
 | Gyorgy E. Szonyi - Religion - 2004 - 388 pages
...should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven? At last it seems to me I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate...that rank which is his lot in the universal chain of Being—a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world.... | |
 | Charles R. Mack - Art - 2005 - 208 pages
...expression in Pico della Mirandola's celebrated Oration on the Dignity of Man: At last it seems to me I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate...that rank which is his lot in the universal chain of Being—a rank to be envied not only by brutes but even by the stars and by minds beyond this world.... | |
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