The Central Thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man

Multiple Choice

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

A) man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins.
B) a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous 14th century.
C) a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri.
D) that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being.
E) that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude.