Yes, Pico's Oration is considered to be a quintessential statement of Renaissance humanism, and he should be absolved of the charge of giving us modern transhumanism; Pico couldn't have seen that coming. But it does look like the beginning of something in retrospect, given where we are now.
Great Lewis quote! And that Pico quote was fascinating and unsettling in its implications.
Yes, Pico's Oration is considered to be a quintessential statement of Renaissance humanism, and he should be absolved of the charge of giving us modern transhumanism; Pico couldn't have seen that coming. But it does look like the beginning of something in retrospect, given where we are now.