Adam
The idea of Adam represents the recreation of man and in the Oration, we can see the roots of a new anthropological idea that’s being figured in the history of the human’s origins. This new Adam is illustrated by Pico as an indeterminate being that is not completed or determined, but he will have to make something of himself with his intelligence and his will. Pico explains “You will have, therefore, the opportunity, the power, the duty to choose who you want to be, how you want to live.”
It's important to remark that the attention on the myth of Adam forces us to reflect on our freedom and limits of as a human being in a background that we thought was already understood.
Seraphim
Represent the fire of charity, and in order to obtain the status of the Seraphim, Mirandola declares that one must "burn with love for the Creator". Whoever is a Seraphim, is a lover, and is in God and God is in him; even Pico said, God and he are one. The Seraphim is the highest of all the sublimity which we attain by loving.
Cherubim
For Pico the Cherubim represent intelligence. His status is obtained through contemplation and meditation. Mirandola emphasizes that by embodying the values of the Cherubim, one can be equally prepared for "the fire of the Seraphim and the judgement of the Thrones".
Thrones
In the speech of Mirandola the Thrones represent justice, this is obtained by being just in ruling over "inferior things". In the Oration, we can see that the thrones that are the lowest, Cherubim the middle, and Seraphim the highest. Pico remarks that “great is the power of the Thrones, which we attain by right judgement.”
