...Ancients. Pico della Mirandola in 1486 (Of the Dignify of Man) makes God say to Adam at the Creation: 'I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, that you may form and train yourself, following what model and ideal you will. You can degenerate into...

...without constraint from any barrier, by means of the freedom to whose power I have entrusted you .... I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that like a free and sovereign artificer you might mould and fashion yourself into that form you yourself...

...placed you at the centre of the world so that from that point you might see better what is in the world. I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that like a free and sovereign artificer you might mould and fashion yourself into that form you yourself...

...placed you at the center of the world so that from that point you might see better what is in the world. I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal so that, like a free and sovereign artificer, you might mold and fashion yourself into that form you yourself...

...constraint from any barriers, by the means of the freedom whose power I have intrusted [to] you. ... I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal so that, like a free and sovereign artificer, you might mold and fashion yourself into that form you yourself...

...special prerogatives in order that you may take and possess these through your own decision and choice... I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that like a free and sovereign artificer you might mould and fashion yourself into that form you yourself...

...the centre of the world, so that from there you may more easily survey whatever is in the world. We have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so 3° that, more freely and more honourably the moulder and maker of yourself, you may fashion yourself...

...at the center of the world so that from there you could better be aware of all that is in the world. I have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that as an almost free and sovereign agent, you could shape and fashion yourself in the form that you choose....

...the center of the world, so that from there you may more easily survey whatever is in the world. We have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that, more freely and more honourably the moulder and maker of yourself, you may fashion yourself in whatever...

...dissatisfied with ourselves; but neither would we be that creature to whom God says in Pico's Oration, "We have made you neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal, so that, with free choice and as a mark of honor, you, as it were the shaper and maker of your own self, might...