Pico della Mirandola wrote that the dignity of man lies in his free will and in his ability to rise to the level of God or degrade the level of the beast.
Today the two main news concerns the number of examples of such reflection.
The first news: Chilean miners extracted the subsoil from hell! A testimony to the human wonder. In this story we have all the ingredients that highlight the very nature of man: the love with which the miners were supported by their families, friends and the whole nation, a love that overcomes the barriers of physical distance, the barriers despair, the barriers of pain. Faith in God in all, miners and family members have been passed: the first words of a young miner: "when I saw the capsule down to pull me up, I recognized the hand of God who is lying on me" . science, the result of human intelligence, finally in the service of man, not man slave in the service of science and technology. The policy, which recognized the excellence and the inestimable value of human life, and has spared no expense and sacrifices to save the men trapped (it was wonderful to see the president of Chile to wait out there in the desert, its fellow citizens and fraternal embrace).
The second piece of news: the ultras Serbs who have spent all my energy to break, destroy, hurt. The man at the service of evil.
are the same human beings, capable of good and capable of evil. In the midst of this choice is freedom of everyone.
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