Question

you, with no limit or no bound, may choose for yourself the limits and bounds of your nature. we have placed you at the worlds center so that you may survey everything else in the world. we have made you neither of heavenly nor of earthly stuff, neither mortal nor immortal, so that with free choice and dignity, you may fashion yourself into whatever form you choose. (from oration on the dignity of man by giovanni pico della mirandola) which is the most complete paraphrase of the passage? 1. humans have no limits because they have free will. 2. since their only limits are self - imposed, humans control what they become. 3. because they have free will, humans are the center of everything in nature. 4. humans can become whatever they choose in the world.

Explanation:

The passage emphasizes that humans are placed at the world's center and can fashion themselves into whatever form they choose with free - choice and dignity. Option 4 captures this idea most completely as it states that humans can become whatever they choose in the world. Option 1 only mentions no limits due to free will without the aspect of self - fashioning. Option 2 focuses on self - imposed limits and control over what one becomes but doesn't fully convey the central idea of being able to choose any form. Option 3 emphasizes humans being the center of nature because of free will, but it doesn't cover the ability to choose one's form as comprehensively as option 4.

Answer:

1. Humans can become whatever they choose in the world.