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The Renaissance of Dermatology
Selected Concepts Beyond the Skin
Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:69-70.
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We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, so that with freedom of choice and with honor, as though the maker and molder of thyself, thou mayest fashion thyself in whatever shape thou shall prefer. Thou shalt have the power of degenerating into the lower forms of life, which are brutish. Thou shalt have the power, out of thy soul's judgment, to be reborn into the highest forms, which are divine.—On the Dignity of Man Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)
There was a moment in the history of Western civilization when art and philosophy could lead science, and science was itself the catalyst for supreme artistic and philosophical achievement. It was the moment at which the medieval concept of universality was reinterpreted and polyhedric persons, made neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, who were simultaneously great artists, philosophers, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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