L'uomo senza dignitas: sui concetti di dignità e indignazione nell'Oratio di Pico della Mirandola

The article aims to offer a new interpretation of the concept of 'dignitas' in Pico's thought, with particular reference to his best-known work, the Oratio de hominis dignitate. Analysis is conducted both from a textual history and a philosophical perspective in order to show how previous interpretations are unconvincing, thus laying the foundations for a different exegetical proposal. The article concludes with a note dedicated to specific occurrences of the terms 'indignatio' and 'nemesis' in Pico's work, the first with a clear rhetorical-moral connotation and the second used in an astrological context.